By Dmitriy Rogovitskiy
MOSCOW, June 22 (Reuters) - Billionaire Alisher Usmanov has given the Russian Football Union (RFS) 300 million roubles ($5.56 million) to pay salary arrears owed to the coach of the national team, Fabio Capello.
Italian Capello took over as head coach in July 2012 before having his contract extended until the end of the 2018 World Cup, which Russia will host.
"As a member of the Russia 2018 Local Organizing Committee Supervisory Board, Usmanov decided to give financial help to the RFS to the tune of 300 million roubles," Usmanov's press service told the R-Sport news agency.