Russian Deputy PM Vitaly Mutko said that Russia TV channels reached an agreement on the purchase of TV broadcasting rights for the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and the "sum of the deal is way lower" than the "earlier speculated figure" of $120M, according to TASS. Match-TV General Producer Tina Kandelaki announced that an agreement for TV broadcasting of the 2017 Confederations Cup and 2018 World Cup matches in Russia had been reached with FIFA. She added that the broadcasting rights "were split between Match-TV and Russia's state-run Channel One." Russian Football Union President Mutko said, "We have purchased the [broadcasting] rights for the Confederations Cup. The sum [of the concluded deal] is by far lower than $120 million." Kandelaki said, "The reached deal (with FIFA) envisages the broadcasting of the Confederations Cup by Channel One and Match-TV. We are currently in talks on the principles of distributing the air time for matches of the tournament between the two television channels. We will announce later about the agreements we have reached" (TASS, 6/2).
