"Following the selection process, 1,321 people have become volunteers for the Russia 2018 Local Organizing Committee while 1,400 more became part of the city volunteers' team," the government said in a statement.

According to the statement, 95 percent of Rostov-on-Don's volunteers are from Russia while 5 percent hail from abroad, with one of them coming from Australia's biggest city, Sydney, which is 8855 miles away from Rostov-on-Don.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be held between June 14 and July 15 at 12 stadiums across 11 Russian cities. The 45,000-seater Rostov Arena will host four group-stage matches and one Round of 16 fixture.