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The 2021–22 Russian Cup was the 30th season of the Russian football knockout tournament since the dissolution of the Soviet Union. [1] The competition qualification started on 14 July 2021 and it concluded on 29 May 2022. The final was attended by almost 70,000 fans at the Luzhniki Stadium.
17 January – Russian troops begin arriving in Russia's ally Belarus, ostensibly "for military exercises". [2] 19 January – The US gives Ukraine $200 million in security aid. [2] 19 January – President Biden states in a press conference: "Russia will be held accountable if it invades. And it depends on what it does." [3]
A map showing all nations that have hosted a FIFA World Cup tournament and how many times they have done so. This article lists the performances of each of the national teams which have made at least one appearance in the FIFA World Cup. As of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 80 national teams have competed at the final tournaments. [1]
A map of FIFA World Cup final hosts, 1930–2022. Green: once; dark green: twice; light green: planned. Early World Cups were given to countries at meetings of FIFA's congress. The locations were controversial because South America and Europe were by far the two centres of strength in football and travel between them required three weeks by boat.
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Russia's top goalscorers at the FIFA World Cup, Valentin Ivanov and Oleg Salenko, have won a Golden Boot award each. Salenko is the only player who has ever scored five goals in a single World Cup match, and the only player to win the Golden Boot even though his team was eliminated in the group stage.
The demands, issued during a period of high tensions during which about 100,000 Russian troops were massed on Ukraine's borders, were widely seen as an ultimatum and attempt by Russia to exert pressure and influence on the Western countries. The main demands were rejected by NATO and the U.S. on 26 January 2022.