Roman Guttsait

Watching the 2014 World Cup final at a pub in Moscow.  Russia hosts the next World Cup in 2018, and Russian fans are hoping it will go as well as the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Russians will be proud to host the 2018 World Cup, if their team can up its game

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Russians, buoyed by their success at the Sochi Winter Olympics this year, are looking forward to the World Cup in 2018. But they’re worried the Russian national soccer team, which tied twice and lost once in Brazil, will let them down.Russians, buoyed by their success at the Sochi Winter Olympics this year, are looking forward to the World Cup in 2018. But they’re worried the Russian national soccer team, which tied twice and lost once in Brazil, will let them down.