#FifaWorldCup2018: Host Cities

A view taken on May 8, 2018 shows the statue of Mother Homeland at the Mamayev Kurgan World War Two memorial complex in Volgograd. AFP Photo

Aurora museum ship is docked at Neva river bank in Saint Petersburg during the early hours of June 22, 2017. In 1917 Aurora's gun signaled the start of the assault on the Winter Palace in St.Petersburg, which was the beginning of the October Bolshevik Revolution in Russia. AFP Photo

People walk past a huge World Cup 2018-themed banner decorated with an image of Zabivaka, the mascot for the football tournament, in Sochi on June 22, 2017. AFP Photo

A photo taken on August 19, 2017 shows the 1905 Goda Square in Yekaterinburg. Yekaterinburg will host several matches during the FIFA World Cup 2018. AFP Photo

A photo taken on April 25, 2017 shows the Cathedral of St Theodore Ushakov in Saransk. Saransk will host several games of the FIFA World Cup 2018. AFP Photo

A tourist boat passes as people sunbathe at a beach on the Volga River in downtown Samara on August 23, 2017. AFP Photo

A photo taken on August 21, 2017 shows a pedestrian street with the Assumption Cathedral at the background in the centre of the southern Russian city of Rostov-on-Don. Rostov-on-Don will host five games of the FIFA World Cup 2018. AFP Photo

An aerial photo taken on August 27, 2017 shows an apartment complex in Kaliningrad. Kaliningrad Stadium will host several games of the FIFA World Cup 2018. AFP Photo

An aerial view taken with a drone in Moscow on January 27, 2018 shows a star on top of the Moscow State University, Luzhniki Stadium and the Moskva River. AFP Photo

A picture taken on May 15, 2018 shows Russian flag floating in front of church domes in the Kremlin in the Russian city of Kazan. AFP Photo