Victor Koksharov becomes the ambassador of Ekaterinburg as the host city for the World Cup 2018

11:43, December 18, 2015

UrFU Rector will promote the World Cup values, the Capital of the Ural region and the University’s volunteer program

UrFU Rector Victor Koksharov has been appointed as the ambassador of the host city of the World Cup 2018, and will promote the values of the World Cup, the Capital City of the Urals and the volunteer program of Ural Federal University.

The head of the leading university in the Ural region received this honorary post on the initiative of the President of UrFU Student Union Aslan Kagiev and the Director of UrFU Volunteer Center “Volunteers Ural” Aleksandr Antimonov.

“It’s a great honour for me to be representing Ekaterinburg as the host city for the Football World Cup 2018”, says the Rector. “I am sure that our welcoming city and region will be properly represented during the Championship. The Capital of the Urals has many times hosted major international events which were organized and carried out with help of our University’s volunteers”.

Victor Koksharov also points out that he is very proud of the University’s volunteer movement’s victory. “Volunteers Ural” Volunteer Center of Ural Federal University is the only one in the area from Kazan to Vladivostok to be training volunteers for the 2018 World Cup.

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Six other famous Ekaterinburg citizens have also been appointed as the ambassadors of the World Cup 2018 host city:

Aleksandr Pantykin, an outstanding musician, composer and playwright,
Vyacheslav Butusov, the legend of the Russian rock music,
Pavel Datsyuk, the pride of the Russian hockey,
Oleg Shatov, member of the Russian national football team
Aleksandr Popov, four-time Olympic Champion in swimming
Anton Shipulin, four-time Olympic Champion in biathlon