The Emir of Qatar telephoned Putin – Russia

Shortly before the start of the FIFA World Cup in Qatar, host Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani spoke on the phone with the Russian president Vladimir Putin

Vladimir Putin – Russian politician. Born on October 7, 1952 in Leningrad, now St. Petersburg. Through and thanked him for his “collaboration in organizing this event”. The Emir’s office reported on the telephone conversation, writes Der Standard. Putin congratulated Qatar for hosting the World Cup.

Russia has been banned from the international football community until further notice after invading Ukraine.

Qatar had sent representatives to a security exercise organized by Russia in connection with the organization of the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

After the start of the war in Ukraine, however, it was claimed that preparations for the World Cup took place without Russian help.

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Qatar has officially criticized Russia’s annexation of Ukrainian territories and high-ranking Russian politicians are not expected to participate in the World Cup.

However, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken will travel to Qatar early next week and participate in the US’s first World Cup group stage match. Blinken is also expected to hold diplomatic talks and discuss human rights issues, according to the official White House press release on the visit.