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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ALEXANDER LYUBIMOV This handout picture released on January 26, 2013 by FC MORDOVIA shows a construction site of a new football satdium of FC Saransk taken at the end of 2012 in Saransk, the capital of Russia's republic of Mordovia. The city of 300,000 situated in the Volga river basin was world football ruling body FIFA's most unexpected choice when the list of the 2018 World Cup host cities was announced by the ... more 

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ALEXANDER LYUBIMOV This handout picture released on January 26, 2013 by FC MORDOVIA shows a construction site of a new football satdium of FC Saransk taken at the end of 2012 in Saransk, the capital of Russia's republic of Mordovia. The city of 300,000 situated in the Volga river basin was world football ruling body FIFA's most unexpected choice when the list of the 2018 World Cup host cities was announced by the organisers in September 2012. AFP PHOTO / FC MORDOVIA RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / FC MORDOVIA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTSFC MORDOVIA/AFP/Getty Images less