The opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2018 will be played in Warsaw. The final is scheduled four weeks later in Kiev. This was announced yesterday by the Russian Football Union. The other world cup matches will be played in Moscow, Tallinn, Bucharest, Minsk, Kaunas, Riga, Stalingrad, Odessa, Sochi and Krakow.
Nikolaj Tolstych, head of the Russian football association, is pleased: ‘We have the opportunity to show the real Russia: from the vast plains near the Gulf of Finland to the Black Sea, with idyllic regions such as the Volga valley and eastern Europe.’
In case no one has reacted yet to your interesting map including Finland to Russia, please take a note and correct it as soon as possible before it spreads out too wide.
Yours,
Kari Hartikainen
Helsinki, Finland
Hi Kari, I believe you’ve missed the point of this map. Or are you jealous about Helsinki not beeing in the list of other “traditionally” russian host cities like Tallinn, Bucharest and Warsaw.
To agree with Kari, I have to say that we’ve stopped Soviets already once on the border. So in that sense, map should be fixed.
Mikko, Helsinki
Peace in our time. Where the reality surpasses the satire.
@ Mikko
I think they still haven’t digested that.
to Mikko
you have stopped no one, my friend, the great military mind of XX century Carl Gustaf Mannerheim did. What you should not forget is that he was raised and schooled in the Russian Empire.
Actually, Mannerheim have not stopped the Red Army, either.
But he minimized the losses, both human and territoral, especially in 1944, having an agreement wit USSSR.
wow! so Mannerheim was like dr.xavier with his special mind. imo the people who were forced to actually fight the war and lose their lives stopped the russians, not some highborn poopypants.
Great Ruben!!
I agree with you. Finland did not stop anything.
Christian, Helsinki
OMG Finland is not part of Russia! Please fix this immediately!
Also, Romania, Poland, Moldavia and most of Ukraine are not part of Russia… Or this would be the map of the region by 2018. Hope not!
Ana, maybe we should try to fix Russian borders according to this map… 🙂 But I think that some people would disagree. Also, there is only 4 years left… we may fail to end all the work in time. 🙂
I wonder from where this map came (picture source), because official FIFA website and also wikipedia uses correct map (Russia is Russia, European countries are European countries, everything is on its correct place)
Try google search with picture – no russian websites are returned 😉 so no offences
BR,
Anastasia
Putin is a loser, i think he had a hard time in school becuse of his 145cm 🙂
145cm? holy shit, that’s a long dick. you must have missed comma as in “14,5cm”. but how do you know that anyway?
I wonder: what the map is this? O_o It’s wrong map! I heard final match would be played in Prague))
Oh wow, Stalingrad! Suppose that we will return historical names to the cities!
The map is obviously a joke. The journalism is also becoming a joke. This article is nothing but an attempt to start a discussion based on emotion.
Alexei, Australia
Can’t believe how many people do not have any sense of humour. This article is a joke. Yet. Google the word ‘satire’, please!!
IC`mon, guy, i’s satire. And very smart, need to say. Anti-Russian satir, of course.
i read right? “Stalingrad”??
It’s impossible, we don’t need Krakow and etc …. – and my city calling Volgograd more then 50 years :))))
What a great humor!! Hahaha ! Oh you dutch almighty dutch western journalists ! When my grandparents were fighting this barbars u were hiding ur ugly faces under the bed! Greetings from Romania, part of China! PS i heard that dutch are actually the ugly part of Germany! Peace!
Question : What are the neighboring countries of Russia ?
Answer : Whatever Russia wants its neighbours to be !
I feel frustrated, where is Belgrad?
this is just some bull… read real thing.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2018_FIFA_World_Cup
You forgot to highlight the 3 great british nuclear submarines that would turn that area into a car park if this ever happened.
map looks like “back in USSR”
Stalingrad)))
если будет надо, то войдём в европу по самые нидерланды!)))
Please remove Romania from that map. Bucharest is not in Russia , Romania is not in Russia !
You don’t understand. It will be The Great Moldavia as a part of Russian Empire. 🙂
For the one that made this map Bucharest is on the right of the Romanian map not on the left side .
You missed Czech, Slovakia, Hungary, Bulgaria, and all of the former Yugoslav
Pretty stupid trollthing, masked as ‘satire’.
Let’s invite Russia to join the EU and so will be a united Europe. Why not?
Russia is too corrupt to join the EU, they would never make the changes required. Like for instant invading other countries as a pretense to save “Russian Speakers”.
At least we will have cheap gas.
The opening match of the FIFA World Cup 2018 will be played in the Netherlands but, under the sea waters .
I thoughtt the finals were to be played in Dresden?
This “satire” is made by peopels witch army is made of bike riders.An army of bikers witch language was made by a drunk english sailor who wanted to speak german.Nice joke ….Romania has nothing in common with russia .Our language is based on latin …we used and use arabic writing …we were never part of the soviet union. Ah yeah…and we were’n conquered by by any army in 1 day like you were ..remember 10 may 1940? Holland was conquered by nazis in 1 day :)).So before offending 80 mil peopels (polish, finish, ukrainian,romanian) with your map try to look at your country made of gay’s junkies and bike raiders. Your army is so big that i can conquer Holland in 2 days togehter with 10 friends
“well, its bad, but there is nothing we are willing to do about it, plus Russia has historical grivencies and we have to deal with it with understanding” – German Chancellor commented
Всем хряпать козий дрын!!! Скоро все будете под нашим гнетом!!!
Ты не лучше, чем те гребаные мусульман !!
As Russian I would disagree to your map as don’t want to spend so much on changing of street signs. Aloso Polish-Lithuanina commonwelf always tries to make a riots.
the fantasy of sick person ….and provocation
I want some matches in Prague. I m jelous to Krakow
hi!
welcome to the ussr 2.0
бгггггггг )))
По мнению эксперта Л.Щаранского,это случится гораздо раньше- в 2015 году.
Так что финны не ссыте, присоединим мы вас, и эх,заживем!
И почему это не указано присоединение Германии и Франции? Срочно исправить
Bombenelement!!! Damn!!!
Who stole our secret map of the military campaign in 2018?
Find scoundrel and exile him to Siberia
Vladimir P.
I am offended by this map. It is a wish for Russia to “own” all of Europe and as an Estonian I find it offensive to see and read this!
Eastern Europe is not Russia and have nothing to do whit Russia so please correct it
Very funny, thanks from Ukraine
What the F. Map maker of this shit is total shithead or troll. I’d bet for troll