What sort of welcome will World Cup visitors get in Russia?

World Cup organisers say the competition will draw more than one million fans to Russia, creating challenges that range from the logistical to the cultural, both for the hosts and their guests.

- One million expected -
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- USD 13 billion in infrastructure -
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"Nothing is superfluous," he said. "We needed them." "This fulfils a regional planning objective that is in effect catching up on the lack of investment over the last 20 years," said Jean-Baptiste Guegan, one of the authors of a book investigating Russian
- Free transport and Fan ID
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- Accommodation concerns -
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Evain said: "In Moscow, things are starting to balance out because there is an enormous choice of accommodation, but in cities which are not as used to having tourist visitors, like Saransk and Nizhny Novgorod, prices are shooting up." - Language barrier and human rights -
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