FIFA WORLD CUP - 2018 COUNTDOWN : Security chief green signals

Domodedovo: FIFA Director of Security Helmut Spahn on Tuesday praised the measures taken by Russia to provide safety during the FIFA World Cup.

"The security standards and all the efforts you made so far are outstanding, and I hope it will be a very fantastic World Cup, safe and secure for everybody," Spahn said during the opening ceremony of the International Center for Police Cooperation in the town of Domodedovo just outside Moscow. 

It will have close cooperation with the police, including from overseas.