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Five diplomatic rows looming over Russia's World Cup

Former FIFA President Sepp Blatter when Russia was picked to host the 2018 World Cup. [Photo: Courtesy]

The World Cup is a prime opportunity for the host country to burnish its international image -- but Russia's tensions with the West mean that will prove tricky this year.

After a former Russian spy was attacked with a nerve agent on an English street, Britain is considering pulling its officials from the tournament in June and July if it is proved that Moscow was behind the poisoning.

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