ASTANA, Oct 13 Russian President Vladimir Putin wished Qatar success in holding the championship World Cup, noting that Moscow is ready to share its experience. Qatar became the first Arab country to receive the right to host the World Cup. The tournament will be held from November 20 to December 18 this year. It is expected that during this time at least 1.5 million fans will come to the small country on the Persian Gulf coast, whose population does not exceed three million people. Russia hosted the world championship in 2018. «Everything that we can in terms of transferring the experience of preparing for the World Cup, we are also doing, you know this, we now had the opportunity to talk about this too. And I want to wish you success in holding this major event. I am sure that it will be so,» Putin said at a meeting with the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Astana.
