Russia Will Host FIFA World Cup 2018. Current Infrastructure for the FIFA World Cup 2018 is quite poor in Russia but Russia is going to do reconstruction of old stadiums and build new football arenas in Moscow, Yaroslavl, Sochi, Kazan, Rostov on Don, Kaliningrad, St.Petersburg, Moscow. Pictured: image of central football arena `Baltika` in Kaliningrad. A new football arena is to be built in Kaliningrad by 2018 as for Russian authorities.