28 May 2015 12:16

Putin: FIFA's Blatter was pressed before reelection to cancel World Cup in Russia

MOSCOW. May 28 (Interfax) - Russia is aware of pressure that was put on FIFA President Joseph 'Sepp' Blatter in the run-up to the reelection of the organization's president, Russian President Vladimir Putin said.

"If I'm not mistaken, the election of the FIFA president was scheduled for Friday, and Mr. Blatter has every chance to be reelected. And we know about pressure that was put on him to cancel the 2018 World Cup in Russia," Putin told journalists on Thursday.