Sorokin's English counterpart Andy Anson has advised against England bidding to stage a World Cup while the voting process remains the same, with England's bid securing only two votes from the 22-man FIFA executive committee and losing out in the first round.

The Russian bid chief did not comment on the English bid directly but was surprised by the negativity towards FIFA, insisting everyone knew how the ballot would work from the outset.

He told Sky Sports News: "When you, at the beginning of the process, sign up to a certain set of rules you have to abide by them - without any comments, without any doubts.

"If you agree on the rules of the game you have to follow them and it's very late now to comment on something you have to live by during the whole process."

Asked whether Russia's success was the result of some persuasive late lobbying, Sorokin added: "You do not win a bid like this by doing something at the last minute. You have to acquire sympathy and a good attitude towards you throughout the process and it took us, like everybody else, a year and a half.

"I'm not comparing (Russia's bid with England), you know that I could not. I can only tell you that we worked hard, we managed to secure the support of our government and the messages of support from our prime minister came across very well during the process.

"We put together a good technical plan and we managed to persuade FIFA and the football community that the World Cup in Russia would really make a difference in the history of football and leave a lasting legacy.

"In short it is going to be a very hospitable, a very warm and a very well-organised World Cup. I'm sure that fans from all over the world will feel at home in my country."

Sorokin also rejected any suggestion of collusion from the Russian bid with any of the bidders for the 2022 finals, which were awarded to Qatar.