“The point of no return” in the construction of the arena world Cup 2018 in St. Petersburg at the moment is not passed, it will be in October 2016, construction of the stadium is not stopped, all the guarantees are given, said the RFU President, the Minister of sport Vitaly Mutko.
“In Petersburg have not passed the point of no return. It will be October (2016). Now we have introduced a weekly monitoring. Every Monday I’ll be at the stadium. But we can’t trust city leadership. Construction is not stopped. Stopped working General contractor. He performed three works, the rest gives. The city is responsible, and all the guarantees given. We believe the government of the city”, — said Mutko in a live “Match on TV”.
Earlier it became known that the contractor of building of stadium on Krestovsky island in St. Petersburg, which should take the matches of the world Cup 2018 and FIFA confederations Cup 2017, received a notice of termination of the contract. Chairman of the interim Commission of the Federation Council of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation on issues of preparation and holding of the 2018 Russia world Cup Vadim Tulpanov said that the first test match at the new stadium is planned to be held in September.
