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 Mutko was speaking at a meeting held by the organization's
directorate of which he is a member.
"We will have a budget deficit for 2015. The Organising committee is
looking for support from independent sources," the minister told the
R-Sport news agency.
"The construction costs of the stadiums has not changed at the
moment, however market prices could lead to changes in this
respect."
Mutko also said the opening ceremony could take place in the Dynamo
stadium, which will not host any matches during the tournament,
rather than the Luzhniki Stadium as was originally planned.
 "The Organising committee is looking into the possibility of holding
the opening ceremony a day before the opening match at the Dynamo
Stadium."
A contract was signed on Friday regarding the construction of the
stadium in Rostov-on-Don, the last to be approved.
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The 2018 World Cup will use 12 stadiums in 11 cities, including two
in Moscow and one each in St. Petersburg, Samara, Saransk,
Rostov-on-Don, Sochi, Kazan, Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Nizhny Novgorod
and Yekaterinburg.
(Editing by Ed Osmond)
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