The general director of the organizing committee of the 2018 World Cup Alexei Sorokin will take the post of its chairman instead of vice-premier of Russia Vitaly Mutko. This is reported by TASS. 
Alexey Sorokin
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"Sorokin will become chairman of the organizing committee of the 2018 World Cup. He will interact with the International Football Federation (FIFA). I will take care of the coordination of work on the part of the government, "the agency quotes Vitaliy Leontievich.
Earlier, Mutko suspended work for 6 months as head of the Russian Football Union (RFU). Acting head of the organization was the general director of the union Alexander Alayev.