PUTIN TO SPEND $20 BILLION ON NEXT WORLD CUP (2018)

"Putin reportedly plans to spend $20 billion on
Russia's hosting of the 2018 competition. His
ambitious plan will see stadiums and infrastructure
built over an area stretching 1,500 miles from the
Baltic Sea in the west to the Ural Mountains that
form the gateway to Asia."
http://www.nbcnews.com/#/storyline/world-cup/after-sochi-russias-putin-spend-billions-2018-world-cup-n152471