"Much will depend on the heads of the regions, because when the World Cup is over, the Organizing Committee will transfer it to the regions' ownership. I want to address my colleagues in the regions right now. There's no way we can allow some marketplaces to appear on these sites, like the ones that appeared in Moscow on the sports facilities in the 1990s," Putin said.

Infrastructure built in Russia for the World Cup should pay off in the future and be used for the development of popular sports, the president stressed.

"I think that the Russian Football Union should also actively participate in it, use these sites to conduct interesting matches there," he added.

Putin also recalled that the infrastructure built for Olympic Games 2014 in Sochi is being used all year round after the competition.