Editing Vladimir Putin (section)

=== International sporting events ===
[[File:Kylian Mbappé receives the best young player award at the 2018 Football World Cup Russia.jpg|thumb|Putin, [[FIFA]] president [[Gianni Infantino]] and French president [[Emmanuel Macron]] at the [[2018 FIFA World Cup Final]] in Russia as French forward [[Kylian Mbappé]] receives the best young player award]]
In 2007, Putin led a successful effort on behalf of [[Sochi]] for the [[2014 Winter Olympics]] and the [[2014 Winter Paralympics]],<ref name="kremlin-2014">{{#invoke:cite|web|url = http://media.kremlin.ru/2007_07_04_01_01.wmv |format = WMV |title = Sochi speech |website = Media.kremlin.ru |year = 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20070710000430/https://media.kremlin.ru/2007_07_04_01_01.wmv |archive-date = 10 July 2007 }}</ref> the first [[Winter Olympic Games]] to ever be hosted by Russia. In 2008, the city of [[Kazan]] won the bid for the [[2013 Summer Universiade]]; on 2 December 2010, Russia won the right to host the [[2017 FIFA Confederations Cup]] and [[2018 FIFA World Cup]], also for the first time in Russian history. In 2013, Putin stated that gay athletes would not face any discrimination at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.<ref>"[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-24708739 Sochi 2014: Putin declares gay athletes welcome]", BBC (28 October 2013).</ref>