The RFU called the amount of frozen payments from FIFA for the World Cup

Payments under the FIFA Legacy (“Legacy”) program for the 2018 World Cup were suspended while Russia received 30% of the agreed $100 million, Maxim Mitrofanov, Deputy Secretary General, Development DIRECTOR of the RFU, told reporters. it is reported by "Championship".

“As for FIFA Legacy payments, it’s $100 million, and the RFU has already received 30% of the amount. FIFA's position is that payments have been suspended, not cancelled," Mitrofanov said.

RBC sent a request to the FIFA media center.

In October 2020, RFU President Alexander Dyukov stated that in the negotiation process with FIFA, “it was possible to almost double the amount of funding for the legacy program - from $60 million to $100 million.” More than half of this amount was reserved to provide the RFU regional centers with all-season infrastructure facilities.

At the end of March, Dyukov announced that FIFA and UEFA had suspended payments to the Russian side under football development programs.

On February 28, FIFA and UEFA jointly issued a decision to remove the Russian national team and Russian clubs from international competitions under their auspices. The Russian national team was not allowed to play-off matches for the right to play at the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The RFU decided to challenge these decisions in the COURT of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

On April 12, "Championship" announced the plans of the RFU to file another claim with CAS against FIFA and UEFA in order to recover material costs due to the suspension of sponsorship agreements, as well as the suspension of payments for children's and youth programs that were launched at the initiative of FIFA and UEFA .

The World Championship was held in Russia from June 14 to July 15, 2018.