The government does not intend to create an organization similar to the Olimpstroy state corporation to prepare for the 2018 FIFA World Cup. reports this Interfax with reference to First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Igor Shuvalov . According to the official, the project is planned to be financed “as part of the normal budget process.”

Shuvalov noted that the decision on organizing financing for the construction of infrastructure for the 2018 World Cup will be made by the President and Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, but he will not propose creating any special structure. According to him, the project involves “a large participation of sponsors and individuals, so why create any special structures here.”

According to Russia's bid book, the championship is planned to be held in 13 cities, including Moscow and St. Petersburg. The games will be held at 16 stadiums, of which only the arena at Luzhniki is now fully ready, where the opening match, semi-final and final of the tournament will be played. The remaining stadiums will be built from scratch or reconstructed. FIFA says $3.8 billion will be spent on stadium construction. At the same time, more than three billion dollars will be spent from the federal and regional budgets.

In early December, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin estimated the cost of preparing for the 2018 World Cup at 300 billion rubles ($10 billion). The Russian government, in order to minimize government spending, plans to involve business in preparations for the 2018 World Cup. At the same time, the head of the Ministry of Finance of the Russian Federation, Alexei Kudrin , said that Russia will spend significantly less budget funds on the 2018 World Cup than on preparations for the 2014 Olympics in Sochi.

The state corporation "Olympstroy" manages the Olympic construction in Sochi as part of the city's preparation for hosting the Winter Olympics in 2014. Russia will spend about $30 billion on preparations for the Olympics, more than half of which is allocated from the federal budget. newspaper The Vedomosti wrote that the construction of stadiums and infrastructure for the 2018 FIFA World Cup will cost Russia more than $50 billion.

The 2018 World Cup will take place without its own “Olympstroy”