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Chechnyan city Grozny shortlisted as potential 2018 World Cup team base

Grozny, the capital city of Chechnya, has been shortlisted by FIFA as a potential team base camp for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia, despite some governments warning against travel to the North Caucusus republic.

FIFA and the Local Organising Committee (LOC) have produced a catalogue containing 65 possible bases, within five geographical "clusters," for the 32 teams competing in next year's tournament.

And the Hotel Grozny City is one of 19 locations offered by FIFA and the LOC in the Southern Cluster, close to the south-eastern host city of Volgograd.

Cited as being just nine kilometres from Grozny Airport and 5.