President of the Republic of Uzbekistan Shavkat Mirziyoyev has accepted the invitation of the Russian President Vladimir Putin and will today attend the opening ceremony of the World Cup 2018 in Moscow, which will take place at the 80,000 seat Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow – the national stadium of Russia – which is also where the final of the tournament will be held.
The ceremony will be followed by the opening match of the tournament between Russia and Saudi Arabia.