Yaroslavl and Krasnodar deprived of the right to accept the 2018 World Cup matches
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Volgograd, Kaliningrad, Rostov-on-Don, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Kazan, Sochi and Saransk received the right to hold the 2018 football championship matches. This was announced on the live air of Channel One. Outside the list were Yaroslavl and Krasnodar. The right to hold the 2018 World Cup for the first time in history received in December 2010, and initially 13 cities were included in its application.