The 2018 World Cup host nation, Russia, on Wednesday, said it was ready to thwart any threat to the tournament.
The World Cup, which will bring 32 teams together from across the world, will kick off in Moscow next week.
Addressing reporters on Wednesday, head of security operations in FSB, Alexei Lavrishchev, said, “measures are really unprecedented … They are based on our experience with such events and we have also studied international experience.”
The tournament will see no fewer than 600,000 international visitors travel to Russia and matches played in 11 cities from June 14 through July 15.
The country hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, and it went off without a hitch.
Lavrishchev added in the press conference on security, “Today, there are no threats we have detected against the participants and visitors to the World Cup.
“Nevertheless, after the long years of preparations we have created a clear security plan and we are ready to avert and overcome any security threats…”
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