luxury hotels: Experts still believe, much like the Winter Olympics in Sochi, the tournament will cost more than predicted, according to Deutsche Welle. Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko revealed in April that the government had decided to cut back on the number of luxury hotels, warning they could lie empty after the tournament. An order signed by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev published on Monday revealed the tournament costs were to be reduced by cutting spending on hotels and infrastructure, taking the overall expected cost to 10.3 billion euros. Various projects to improve drainage were also removed from spending plans, but Mutko said the budgets for the stadiums had been left intact. "We're optimizing and cutting expenses," Mutko told Russian news agency R-Sport. Nevertheless, the federal government is providing 5.5 billion euros, while other funding sources include regional governments, state-run companies and private investors. The government is curbing most areas of public spending as the price of oil stays low and the Russian Ruble weak.
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