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Many foreign leaders and high-ranking officials will attend the 2018 FIFA World Cup final match at Moscow’s Luzhniki Stadium on July 15, Russian president’s aide Yuri Ushakov said on Friday, according to TASS agency report.

"Many foreign guests will be present at this match:<…>, probably, eleven to twelve presidents of various countries, several prime ministers and very many other high-ranking officials from foreign countries," he said.

According to Ushakov, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s plans for Saturday and Sunday include a number of contacts with the foreign leaders who will come to attend the World Cup final match.

To remind, as reported earlier, Armenian President Armen Sarkissian has left for Moscow to attend the gala-concert of the world opera stars dedicated to the conclusion of the football World Cup. On July 15, in Luzhniki stadium President Sarkissian will be present at the official closing ceremony of the World Cup and later will watch the final game.