At the closing ceremony of the 2014 FIFA World Cup that took place at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Sunday, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff passed the relay to her BRICS counterpart Vladimir Putin as Russia will host the 2018 World Cup.
Putin will hold bilateral talks with Rousseff in the capital Brasilia on Monday ahead of the 6th BRICS Leaders Summit on 15th and 16th July.