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The Mercure Hotel, Saransk, being built for the 2018 world football championship.
- Categories: Human Interest, Sports
- Location: Saransk, Republic of Mordovia, Russia
- Event date: 30.01.2017
- Date published: 30.01.2017
- Author: Maksim Bogodvid
- Credit: Sputnik
- Source: Sputnik
- Original: Digital
- Media: JPEG, 4928x3280px, 9.1Mb