‘US Planning To Attack 2018 World Cup’- Russian Senator Says

A top Russian senator, Andrei Klimov, has accused
the United States of America of making moves to
lunch attack during the 2018 World Cup to be
hosted in the country.

He said on Thursday that he had credible evidence of
US plotting to “discredit” the 2018 World Cup Russia is
hosting for the first time.

The tournament is scheduled to take place in Russia
from June 14 to July 15 amid heat of a diplomatic war
with the West over disputes ranging from Ukraine and
Syria to Moscow’s alleged interference in the 2016 US
presidential election.

The Federation Council upper house of parliament’s
new ‘protection of state sovereignty commission’, chief,
Klimov, said the issue would be addressed at a
meeting next Tuesday that will be attended by foreign
ministry and sport officials.

The RIA Novosti state news agency quoted Klimov as
saying, “The commission has received credible
evidence showing that American government officials
are directly steering their European colleagues into
using the subject of sport to the utmost to discredit
Russia in 2018.

“We have grounds to believe that an attack will occur
on the football World Cup.

He went on to say that Russia, “will have to take
retaliatory measures,” but offered no hint about what
kind of attack he thought Washington was preparing.

The United States of America failed to make it to the
World Cup and will thus avoid the politically-charged
potential of facing Russia at a time when their
diplomatic relations are almost a Cold War affair.