Nursultan Nazarbayev, at the invitation of the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin, has taken part in the opening ceremony of the 2018 World Cup in Luzhniki stadium of Moscow.
The opening ceremony was followed by the first football match of the final stage of the championship between the national teams of Russia and Saudi Arabia.
The final stage of the 2018 World Cup will be from June 14 to July 15. 32 national teams take part in the tournament. Matches between the teams will take place at 12 stadiums in 11 cities of the Russian Federation.
