UrBC, Yekaterinburg, June 26, 2015. Gosexpertiza, a state-run expert body, approved of Yekaterinburg Central Stadium reconstruction project. The reconstruction will have to be completed in time for the World Cup 2018, Sverdlovsk Region Government’s press service refers to the constituency’s First Deputy Building & Infrastructure Development Minister Alexei Krupkin as saying.

Krupkin said the project documentation and the engineering survey findings for the sports arena got a full approval.

‘The project documentation has actually been approved, which means Sport Engineering, the customer for the reconstruction project, can proceed with applying for the construction permit,’ Krupkin said.