Russia ups World Cup budget, MegaFon lands telco contract

Russia has today (Monday) announced it will increase government spending on the 2018 Fifa World Cup by 19.1 billion rubles (€298.6m/$320.6m), while telecommunications company MegaFon has won a contract to deliver infrastructure for the national team football tournament.

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