FILE PHOTO: Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich takes part in a soccer match between UNAIDS FC and Team Rosich, as part of the campaign to struggle against the AIDS epidemic and discrimination, in Moscow, Russia April 17, 2018. REUTERS/Maxim Shemetov
MOSCOW (Reuters) - There would not currently be any economic growth in Russia without investment generated by preparations for the 2018 soccer World Cup, a senior government official said on Wednesday.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Arkady Dvorkovich said preparations for the World Cup - set to run from June 14 to July 15 - had contributed 867 billion roubles (10.04 billion pounds), or around 1 percent, to Russian gross domestic product (GDP) in the last five years.
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