World football boss Sepp Blatter said Tuesday that FIFA unconditionally supports Russia's staging of the 2018 World Cup.

"FIFA unconditionally supports the staging of the World Cup by Russia," he told the R-Sport news agency in comments translated into Russian, adding: "We trust the country, its government."

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