Vladimir Putin will not be going to Zurich to back Russia 's 2018 World Cup bid . Putin tells Russian television that his executive members are under unfair pressure . `` They are being dragged through the mud and compromised . Russian foreign minister talks with German president Sepp Blatter on telephone . British PM David Cameron and former U.S. president Bill Clinton are in Swiss hotels .
Vladimir Putin will not be going to Zurich to back Russia 's 2018 World Cup bid . Putin tells Russian television that his executive members are under unfair pressure . Russian foreign minister talks with German president Sepp Blatter on telephone . British PM David Cameron and former U.S. president Bill Clinton are in Swiss hotels .