FIFA President Gianni Infantino greets the audience as he attends a news conference at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia July 13, 2018. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The World Cup has helped changed people's view of Russia, FIFA President Gianni Infantino told an audience at an event in Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre on Saturday, standing alongside Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The tournament, which ends on Sunday with the final between France and Croatia at Moscow's Luzhniki stadium, has transformed "the perception that the world has about Russia," Infantino said.
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