Organizing committee: T-shirts with the map of the Russian Federation without the Crimea – operator error production – RIA Novosti

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MOSCOW, March 15 – R-Sport, Vasily Konov-ml. The emergence of souvenir products with Russian map symbols of the 2018 world Cup without the Crimea occurred due to an error of sales operator, said the agency “F-Sport” CEO of the organizing committee “Russia-2018″ Alexei Sorokin.

State Duma deputy from the Communist Party, Vladimir Rodin earlier told RIA Novosti that he had sent a request to the government to find out why the FIFA website selling T-shirts with symbols of the 2018, which will be held in Russia, with the Russian Crimea card without the world Cup. Later, the press service of the FIFA reported “R-Sport” that these shirts are already removed from the access to the official online store

“This is a mistake of the operator souvenir sales, in the shortest time will be all fixed,” -. Sorokin said on phone.

The first-ever World Cup in Russia will be held from June 14 to July 15, 2018. Tournament matches will be played in Moscow, Kaliningrad, St. Petersburg, Volgograd, Kazan, Nizhny Novgorod, Samara, Saransk, Rostov-on-Don, Sochi and Yekaterinburg.

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