"I'm confident that our friends from Qatar will be able to host the FIFA World Cup at the same high level [as we did]. Of course, we are ready to share the experience we've gained while hosting this year's FIFA World Cup with our friends in Qatar," Putin said during the ceremony of handling the mantle of World Cup hosts that Qatar.

The ceremony was held in the Kremlin and was attended by the Russian leader, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani and FIFA President Gianni Infantino.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup kicked off on June 14 with the final set to take place at Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Sunday at 18:00 local time.