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MOSCOW, July 28 / TASS /. Football fans from other countries holding the so-called Fan-IDs of the FIFA World Cup will be able to enter Russia without a visa until the end of 2018, with the Federation Council (upper house) having adopted a law in plenary session Saturday.
The leaders of the four factions of the Duma (lower house) and its leader Vyacheslav Volodin initiated the bill.
Russia has selected 11 host cities to host the 2018 World Cup matches that took place in the country After the last match of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow on July 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that foreigners with Fan-ID should have the right to enter Russia Mikhail Degtyarev, chairman of the Committee on Physical Culture, Sports, Tourism and Youth of the State Duma. State, said: "About 80% of supporters would like to return to Russia, get familiar with Russian culture, see the Russian hinterlands, nature, small towns." "We are talking about about a million people." foreigners, which represents a significant increase in tourist flow: all will invest funds in the hospitality sector, which will be positive for the development of small and medium enterprises and the economy in general, " he said.
Russia has come forward for this FIFA World Cup with an innovation, what is called the Fan-ID and that was mandatory for all ticket holders. This innovation was successfully tested at the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup in Russia and received high marks from the governing body of world football. A Fan-ID holder was allowed to enter the country without a Russian visa and stay for the duration of the world football tournament. Fan-IDs were mandatory, in addition to tickets purchased, to attend matches of the 2018 World Cup tournament in Russia.
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