ADVISORY: 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) has the numbers and the stories behind the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia.

Click to see our highlights for the week, and contact the RFE/RL journalists reporting on developments and dynamics from Russia, Ukraine, the Balkans, and elsewhere over the next month:

• The World Cup, By The Numbers

• The Stadiums Of Contention

• Russian Elites Cash In On World Cup Building Boom

• Ukrainian Artist’s Viral Posters Are ‘Red Card’ For Russia

• Near Front Line, Ukrainian Girls Chase Soccer Dream

• Navalny Says Oligarchs Stole World Cup Funding

• At World Cup, Putin Introduces Pashinian To Aliyev (in Russian)

• Serbian film director Kusturica Stumps For Putin Ahead Of World Cup

RFE/RL reporters in Moscow, Kyiv, and Prague are available for comment:

• Mikhail Sokolov, Senior Correspondent, Russian Service (in Moscow, English, Russian)
  SokolovMi@rferl.org; Twitter: @SvobodaRadio

• Timur Olevskiy, TV Host, Current Time TV (in Prague, Russian)
  olevskiyt@rferl.org, +420.221.122.531; Twitter: @CurrentTimeTV

• Christopher Miller, Senior Correspondent (in Kyiv; English, Russian)
  millerjchristopher@gmail.com; Twitter: @ChristopherJM, @RFERL

• Nedim Dervisbegovic, Multimedia Producer, Balkan Service (in Prague, English)
  dervisbegovicn@rferl.org, +420.221.123.051; Twitter: @RSE_Balkan