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                                      -   2018
                             PRESS CENTER

 MOSCOW
 GUIDEBOOK
 SPECIAL ISSUE FOR
 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP
MOSCOW GUIDEBOOK SPECIAL ISSUE FOR 2018 FIFA WORLD CUP 2018
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                                                                                          match     stadium
                                                                                                 schedule
MATCH
SCHEDULE                                                                                                                 The 2018 FIFA World Cup is the 21st World Cup, with
                                                                                                                         Russia hosting the final tournament from June 14 to
                                                                                                                         July 15, 2018.

OPENING CEREMONY                                                                         In Moscow, the matches will be held at two stadiums:
in MOSCOW                                                                                Luzhniki Stadium                                     Spartak Stadium (Otkritie Arena)

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                                                                                         24 Luzhniki Street                                   69 Volokolamskoye Motorway
                                                                                         Sportivnaya and Vorobyovy Gory                       Spartak metro station
                                                                                         metro stations
  JUNE                      local time

14       June
                16   June
                            17      June
                                           19   June
                                                        20         June
                                                                          23   June
                                                                                          26     June
                                                                                                          27      June
                                                                                                                             1     JULY
                                                                                                                                             3       JULY
                                                                                                                                                                11      JULY
                                                                                                                                                                                   15       JULY

JUNE 14                                    RUSSIA | SAUDI ARABIA
(THURSDAY)                                   Luzhniki | 18:00
JUNE 16                                                       ARGENTINA | ICELAND
(SATURDAY)                                                      Spartak | 16:00

JUNE 17                                                                               GERMANY | MEXICO
(SUNDAY )                                                                              Luzhniki | 18:00
JUNE 19                                                                                        POLAND | SENEGAL
(TUESDAY)                                                                                       Spartak | 18:00
JUNE 20                                                                                           PORTUGAL | MOROCCO
(WEDNESDAY)                                                                                         Luzhniki | 15:00
JUNE 23                                                                                                        BELGIUM | TUNISIA
(SATURDAY)                                                                                                      Spartak | 15:00
JUNE 26                                                                                                                  DENMARK | FRANCE
(TUESDAY)                                                                                                                 Luzhniki | 17:00
JUNE 27                                                                                                                            SERBIA | BRAZIL
(WEDNESDAY)                                                                                                                        Spartak | 21:00
JULY 1                                                                                                                                        ROUND OF 16
(SUNDAY)                                                                                                                                     Luzhniki | 17:00
JULY 3                                                                                                                                                ROUND OF 16
(TUESDAY)                                                                                                                                            Spartak | 21:00
JULY 11                                                                                                                                                          SEMI-FINAL
(WEDNESDAY)                                                                                                                                                     Luzhniki | 21:00
JULY 15                                                                                                                                                                        FINAL
(SUNDAY)                                                                                                                                                                 Luzhniki | 18:00
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PUBLIC TRANSIT
VENUES                                                               METRO                                                               BUSES
                                                                                 Domodedovo Airport is located on the border of
                                                                                 the Domodedovsky Area and Ramensky District,
Luzhniki Stadium
                                                                                 22 kilometers from the Moscow Ring Road (MKAD).
Address:
24 Luzhniki Street
                                                                                 To get to the airport, take one of the following:
To get to Luzhniki Stadium, exit at Sportivnaya or
                                                        Information about          Aeroexpress or commuter train from the Paveletsky
Vorobyovy Gory metro station.
                                                        the Moscow Metro,           Railway Station (Paveletskaya metro station),
                                                        including tickets and      Bus or shuttle from Domodedovskaya metro station.
Spartak Stadium (Otkritie Arena)
Address: 69 Volokolamskoye Motorway                     fares, is available at
                                                        www.mosmetro.ru          Vnukovo Airport is located in Vnukovo, in the new
To get to Spartak Stadium, exit at Spartak metro
                                                                                 territories of Moscow, 13 kilometers from the Moscow
station.
                                                                                 Ring Road (MKAD).

                                                                                 To get to the airport, take one of the following:
CITY PRESS CENTER
                                                                                   eroexpress train from the Kiyevsky Railway Station
                                                                                  A
Address: The Column Hall of the House of Unions,                                  (Kiyevskaya metro station),
1 Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street                                                       Bus or shuttle from Yugo-Zapadnaya metro station.
To get to the City Press Center, exit at Teatralnaya
metro station.                                                                   Zhukovsky Airport is located in Zhukovsky, Moscow
                                                                                 Region, 26 kilometers from the Moscow Ring Road
                                                                                 (MKAD). It opened in 2016.
AIRPORTS
                                                                                 To get to the airport, take one of the following:
Sheremetyevo Airport is located in Khimki, Moscow
Region, 11 kilometers from the Moscow Ring Road                                     ommuter train from the Kazansky Railway Station
                                                                                   C
(MKAD).                                                                            (Komsomolskaya metro station) to Otdykh, where
                                                                                   you should take a bus to the terminal,
To get to the airport, take one of the following:                                  Bus or shuttle from Kotelniki metro station.

     eroexpress train from the Belorussky Railway
    A
    Station (Belorusskaya metro station),                                        Gett and Uber transportation services are also           TAXI
    Bus or shuttle from Rechnoi Vokzal metro station,                            available in Moscow.
    Bus or shuttle from Planernaya metro station.

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LUZHNIKI STADIUM                                                                    SPARTAK STADIUM
CAPACITY                                                                            CAPACITY

80,000
The main stadium of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia was built in 1956 and has
                                                                                    45,000
                                                                                    Spartak hosted FIFA Confederations Cup matches in 2017.
since hosted a multitude of major sports and cultural events, including the 1980    Spartak Stadium’s appearance is a matter of great pride. Its façade takes the
Summer Olympics, world championships in ice hockey, athletics and rugby and         form of chain mail consisting of hundreds of little diamonds representing the
concerts featuring some of the world’s greatest musicians. Over 3,000 football      Spartak logo. The façade can be changed depending on which team is playing.
matches have been held at Luzhniki, including the 2008 UEFA Champions               For Spartak matches, the arena is bathed in red-and-white; when the national
League Final, when, in driving rain and with 74,000 spectators looking on, an       team is in town, it switches to the colors of the Russian flag.
                                                        all-English affair ended
                                                        with Manchester United
                                                        defeating Chelsea in a
                                                        dramatic penalty shoot-
                                                        out.
                                                        The renovation of
                                                        Luzhniki Stadium for the
                                                        2018 FIFA World Cup
                                                        began in 2013. A major
                                                        part of the project was
                                                        to preserve the stadium’s
                                                        historical façade. The
                                                        stadium has 80,000
                                                        seats.

BUILT                                   START OF RENOVATION                         BUILT                                   HOSTED FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP
                                                                                                                            MATCHES

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CITY PRESS CENTER

The City Press Center is                  OPERATING HOURS:
located in central Moscow
in the Column Hall of                     10:00–22:00 daily from June 4
the House of Unions at                    to July 16, 2018
1 Bolshaya Dmitrovka Street.

      ccess to the City Press Center is for accredited journalists only – an
     A                                                                               he press center offers high-speed Wi-Fi, workstations for journalists and self-
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     accreditation badge or 2018 FIFA World Cup media accreditation is required.    serve food options.

      lease be ready for security at the checkpoint, including a personal search
     P                                                                               If you need to leave your personal belongings for a while, we recommend
     and inspection of personal belongings and equipment, and excuse any              using individual lockers. Keys can be obtained at the information desk.
     inconveniences associated with security procedures that are intended to          Organizers are not responsible for the safety of items stored in lockers.
     protect journalists working in the press center, participants and guests.
                                                                                    All premises at the press center are barrier-free.
      ll necessary assistance and information about the press center’s work is
     A
     available at the information desk located by the entrance.                      he City Press Center has a medical center with qualified personnel on hand
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                                                                                    to provide assistance to visitors at any time. Ambulance crews are available in
      he City Press Center has a news conference and briefing room with
     T                                                                              the immediate vicinity of the press center.
     professional light and sound equipment. It is also equipped for simultaneous
     interpretation.                                                                 Smoking is only allowed in specially designated areas of the press center.

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websites
important

MEDIA ACCREDITATION
For media accreditation, please visit
footballcitymediacenter.ru

Accreditation badges are valid at all City Press
Centers in the host cities of the 2018 FIFA World
Cup.

If you have any questions concerning
accreditation, please call
   +7 (495) 645–64–34

or email:
   media@footballcitymediacenter.ru

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FIFA FAN FEST                                                                        ИНТЕРНЕТ–САЙТЫ
If you want to watch a 2018 FIFA World Cup                                           WWW.FIFA.COM/WORLDCUP/DESTINATION/CITIES/CITY=1559/INDEX.HTML
Russia match but can’t make it to the stadium,         CAPACITY                      Moscow page on the FIFA website

                                                       25,000
head down to the FIFA Fan Fest, the official fan
                                                                                     WWW.MOS.RU/EN/
zone of the tournament.
                                                                                     Moscow Mayor’s website
The venues open 2-3 hours before the start of the                                    WELCOME2018.COM/CITIES/MOSCOW/
first match and close an hour after the end of the     SCHEDULE                      Moscow page on welcome2018.com
last match, on all days when matches are played.       Open all match days

In Moscow, the FIFA Fan Fest will take place near      HOURS
the main building of Moscow State University           2–3 hours before the start
(MSU), which offers a breathtaking view of the city    of the first match until an
and Luzhniki Stadium, the main venue of the 2018
FIFA World Cup.
                                                       hour after the end of the
                                                       last match                    PLACES OF WORSHIP
FIFA Fan Fest venue: Vorobyovy Gory                    ADDRESS
Address: Square at the main MSU building               Vorobyovy Gory, in front of
                                                                                     CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE SAVIOR          15 Volkhonka Street,
Capacity: 25,000 people                                the main MSU building                                                 Kropotkinskaya metro
                                                                                                                             station
Transport accessibility: Vorobyovy Gory or
Universitet metro station, walking distance from                                     MOSCOW JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER          5A 2nd Vysheslavtsev
the viewing point.                                                                   AND BEIT MENACHEM SYNAGOGUE             Pereulok, Maryina Roshcha
                                                                                     IN MARYINA ROSHCHA                      metro station
Entrance for the media: G4 at the junction of                                                                                10/1 Bolshoi
Lebedeva Street and Universitetsky Prospekt.                                         CHORAL SYNAGOGUE                        Spasoglinishchevsky
                                                                                                                             Pereulok, Kitai-Gorod metro
Access to the FIFA Fan Fest media zones in Russia is provided to journalists                                                 station
accredited for the World Cup and the City Press Centers, or media                    MOSCOW CATHEDRAL MOSQUE                 7 Vypolzov Pereulok,
representatives with a pass to the team’s camp. To obtain accreditation, you                                                 Prospekt Mira metro station
need to come to the FIFA Fan Fest Accreditation Center (at the G4 entrance
to the FIFA Fan Fest venue from Universitetsky Prospekt), sign a document            CATHEDRAL OF THE IMMACULATE             27/13 Malaya Gruzinskaya
confirming that you accept the rules for fans attending the 2018 FIFA Fan Fest       CONCEPTION OF THE HOLY VIRGIN MARY      Street
in Russia and get an Accreditation Certificate that gives access to Fan Fest
venues in all 11 host cities.                                                        CHURCH OF ST. LOUIS OF THE FRENCH       12А Malaya Lubyanka Street

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CULTURAL LANDMARKS                                                                                                Schedule of events in Moscow: WWW.MOS.RU/CALENDAR/

     Kremlin                                                                               Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoi Boulevard
     Red Square                                                                            Bolshoi Theater
     Saint Basil’s Cathedral                                                               Poklonnaya Gora and Park Pobedy
     GUM store and State Historical Museum                                                 Gorky Park
     Tverskaya and Arbat streets                                                           VDNKh and the Worker and Collective Farm Woman sculpture
     Cathedral of Christ the Savior                                                        Stalin era high-rise buildings: the main building of MSU, the Foreign Ministry
     Novodevichy Convent, Donskoi and Novospassky monasteries                               main building, Kotelnicheskaya Embankment Apartments, Hotel Ukraina and the
     Museum estates: Tsaritsyno, Kuskovo, Arkhangelskoye, Ostankino, Kolomenskoye           Hilton Moscow Leningradskaya Hotel
     Museums: Tretyakov Gallery, Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, State Historical Museum,     The viewing point on Vorobyovy Gory
      Museum of Cosmonautics                                                                Ostankino TV Tower
      Moscow Zoo                                                                            Moscow metro stations: Mayakovskaya, Kiyevskaya (both radial and circle lines),
      Planetarium                                                                            Ploshchad Revolyutsii, Novoslobodskaya, and Arbatskaya
      Great Moscow Circus
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2018 FIFA WORLD CUP                    21ST
                                       FIFA World Cup
                                                                    14 /06–15/07
                                                                     in Russia

                                       12
                                       arenas
                                                                    11
                                                                     cities

                                       The 2018 FIFA World Cup is the 21st World Cup, with Russia hosting the
                                       final tournament from June 14 to July 15, 2018. On December 2, 2010, Russia
                                       received final approval as the host country of 2018 FIFA World Cup in the Swiss
                                       city of Zurich. Russia already had a significant advantage in the second stage of
                                       the voting, gaining more than 50 percent of the vote.

                                       Russia is hosting the World Cup for the first time ever. Not only that, it is also
                                       the first time the tournament is held in Eastern Europe. The World Cup is taking
                                       place at 12 stadiums in 11 Russian cities.

                                            HOST CITIES

                                            MOSCOW
                                            Kaliningrad
                                            St. Petersburg
                                            Volgograd
                                            Kazan
                                            Nizhny Novgorod
                                            Samara
                                            Saransk
                                            Rostov-on-Don
                                            Sochi
                                            Ekaterinburg

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CITY AND REGION FACTS                  1389
                                        capital of Russia
                                                                    12,506,468
                                                                    population

                                        Moscow is the capital of Russia and the largest city in Europe. A major transit hub,
                                        it has four airports, nine railway stations and three river ports.

                                        The Church of the Ascension in Kolomenskoye, the Novodevichy Convent and the
                                        Moscow Kremlin are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.

                                        There are 388 parks in Moscow, the largest of them being Gorky Park, VDNKh,
                                        Sokolniki, Park Pobedy, Losiny Ostrov National Park, the Botanical Gardens, and
                                        the museum estates Kolomenskoye, Tsaritsyno and Kuskovo.

                                        There are several viewing points with stationary binoculars offering panoramic
                                        views of the city, located at the Cathedral of Christ the Savior, Kolomenskoye,
                                        Gorky Park, the West (Zapad) and Federation towers in the Moscow International
                                        Business Center. The highest vista point is located on the Ostankino TV tower at
                                        an altitude of 337 meters.

                                        A huge number of high-profile international sports events were held in Moscow
                                        over the past 10 years, including two ice hockey championships (2007, 2016), an
                                        athletics championship (2013), the canoe sprint world championships (2014), the
                                        world fencing championships (2015), and the UIPM Senior World Championships
                                        (modern pentathlon, 2016). Following the tragic events in Japan in 2011, Moscow
                                        took over hosting the World Figure Skating Championships that year. It only took
                                        Russia a month to prepare for the tournament.

                                        In 2017 Moscow hosted FIFA Confederation Cup matches.

                                       388
                                       parks
                                                                    2017
                                                                    hosted FIFA Confederations Cup
                                                                    matches

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CURRENCY EXCHANGE                                                                       MOSCOW PHONE NUMBERS OF EMBASSIES AND REPRESENTATIVE
                                                                                        OFFICES OF COUNTRIES PARTICIPATING IN THE FIFA WORLD CUP

                                                                                        ARGENTINA                                  +7-495-502-1020
Dollars and euros can be exchanged at any bank. With other currencies, you need
                                                                                        AUSTRALIA                                  +7-495-956-6070
to inquire at the particular bank. Feel free to use the services of Sberbank, a state
bank with a large network of branch offices.                                            BELGIUM                                    +7-495-780-0331
                                                                                        BRAZIL                                     +7-495-363-0366
                                                                                        COLOMBIA                                   +7-499-248-3073
                                                                                        COSTA RICA                                 +7-495-415-4014
                                                                                        CROATIA                                    +7-495-637-4033
                                                                                        DENMARK                                    +7-495-642-6800
ELECTRICAL OUTLETS                                                                      EGYPT                                      +7-499-246-0234
                                                                                                                                   +7-495-937-1500
                                                                                        FRANCE
                                                                                        GERMANY                                    +7-495-937-9500
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        TANDARDS            TYPE C, F                                                  ICELAND                                    +7-495-956-7604
                             VOLTAGE 220 В                                              IRAN                                       +7-495-917-7282
                             FREQUENCY 50 HZ                                            JAPAN                                      +7-495-229-2550
                                                                                        LITHUANIA                                  +7-495-785-8605
                                                                                        MEXICO                                     +7-495-637-2148
                                                                                        MOROCCO                                    +7-495-691-1762

EMERGENCY NUMBERS                                                                       NIGERIA
                                                                                        PANAMA
                                                                                                                                   +7-495-690-3785
                                                                                                                                   +7-495-956-0729
                                                                                        POLAND                                     +7-495-231-1500
                                                                                        PORTUGAL                                   +7-499-703-4986
UNIVERSAL                   112 (mobile)
                                                                                        SAUDI ARABIA                               +7-499-245-2310
EMERGENCY NUMBER
                                                                                        SENEGAL                                    +7-499-230-2102
                                                                                        SERBIA                                     +7-495-988-6645
FIRE                        01 (landline)                                               SOUTH KOREA                                +7-495-783-2777
                            101 (mobile)                                                SPAIN                                      +7-495-690-3002
                                                                                        SWEDEN                                     +7-495-937-9200
POLICE                      02 (landline)
                                                                                        SWITZERLAND                                +7-495-641-3889
                            102 (mobile)
                                                                                        TUNISIA                                     8-495-691-2858
                                                                                        UNITED KINGDOM                             +7-495-956-7200
AMBULANCE                   03 (landline)
                                                                                        URUGUAY                                    +7-499-230-7765
                            103 (mobile)
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TELEPHONE CODES OF
PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES
ARGENTINA                              54
AUSTRALIA                              61
BELGIUM                                32
BRAZIL                                 55
COLOMBIA                               57
COSTA RICA                             506
CROATIA                                385
DENMARK                                45
EGYPT                                  20
ENGLAND                                44
FRANCE                                 33
GERMANY                                49
ICELAND                                354
IRAN                                   98
JAPAN                                  81
MEXICO                                 52
MOROCCO                                212
NIGERIA                                234
PANAMA                                 507
PERU                                   51
POLAND                                 48
PORTUGAL                               351
RUSSIA                                 7
SAUDI ARABIA                           966
SENEGAL                                221
SERBIA                                 381
SOUTH KOREA                            82
SPAIN                                  34
SWEDEN                                 46
SWITZERLAND                            41
TUNISIA                                216
URUGUAY                                598

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