Putin hands the Trump ball to the World Cup-2018 – Sports Mail.Ru

"Mr. President just said that we have successfully organized the World Cup football.I want to transfer this ball to the President, now this ball is on his side," said Putin, handing the ball to Trump.

Thus, the Russian leader reacted to the statement of US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. The US official said that in matters of Syrian regulation "the ball is on the side of Russia."

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The Presidents' meeting took place on July 16th in Helsinki. It is reported that the leaders spoke head-to-head. In total, the discussions lasted four hours

The World Cup-2018 took place in 11 Russian cities from June 14 to July 15. The winner of the tournament was the France team, which beat the Croatian 4: 2 team in the final.