Putin makes the politics with football, Fans have broken stereotypes about Russia
(8 years ago)Football fans who have visited Russia for the World Cup have changed the country's image through social networks, breaking many myths, Russian President Vladimir Putin said after meeting with some of the football stars in the Kremlin. “The so-called citizen journalists, these people who work through social networks, have contributed [...]
“The so-called citizen journalists, these people who work through social networks, have contributed to the deconstruction of many stereotypes about Russia”, Putin said until he sat down with football legends in Moscow.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino, Denmark's legendary goalkeeper Peter Schmetichel and former English national player Rio Ferdinand were present at the meeting, among other football stars, reported “RT” Transmission Periscope.
We all fell in love with Russia”, Infantino Putin tells him. FIFA's chief added that the guests had arrived at “discovered a place we did not know” and that the fear that some were “trying to infect us” had disappeared.
Finally Putin heated up the environment with a joke, asking “when the press goes away, would you, as world-class experts, like to tell me your opinion who will win the World Cup trophy?”/Periscopi/