"The head of state will also meet in Moscow with FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who is arriving in Russia to take part in the draw for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, due in Kazan November 26," the Kremlin said.
Infantino is coming to Russia for the official draw ahead of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup, which will take place on Saturday in the southern Russian city of Kazan.
The quadrennial football tournament will take place between June 17 and July 2, 2017 as a prelude to the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be held from June 14 to July 15 across nearly a dozen Russian cities, including Moscow, St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi and Volgograd. According to chief of the Russia 2018 Organizing Committee Alexei Sorokin, over $10 billion is expected to be spent on the first football championship on Russian soil.
