The International Football Federation (FIFA) has sold Russia the rights to broadcast matches of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, despite the full-scale war that the aggressor country has been waging against Ukraine for the seventh month.

Propaganda broadcasters of the Russian Federation paid 40 million dollars for the opportunity to show fights of the planetary championship. For this, each of the three channels - VGTRK, Channel One and Match TV - paid FIFA $13 million each.. Another million dollars went to the mediator in these negotiations.

Note that the Russian team will not play at the Mundial in Qatar. On February 28, FIFA suspended Russian teams from tournaments under its auspices. The Russian national team was credited with a forfeit defeat (0:3) in the semi-finals of the 2022 World Cup qualifying play-offs against Poland.

Earlier it was reported that FIFA changed the start date of the 2022 World Cup after the request of the hosts of the Qatari tournament to play in the opening match. Thus, Qatar and Ecuador will meet in the first match of the World Cup on November 20.

The 2022 World Cup final will take place on December 18.

Recall that the Ukrainian national team will not play at the 2022 World Cup. Blue-and-yellows lost to Wales in the final of the playoffs of the European qualification.

We add that the 2022 World Cup will be the first in the history of football, which will be held not in summer, but in winter. This is due to the weather conditions in the host country, where the air temperature in June-July reaches over 40 degrees..