Former Russian official admits World Cup 2018 corruption, says courts

St. Petersburg, Russia • A Russian court says a former deputy governor of St. Petersburg has admitted a fraud charge related to the construction of the city's 2018 World Cup stadium.The St. Petersburg city court says in a statement Wednesday that Marat Oganesyan, who was deputy governor from 2013 until 2015, "admitted his guilt" in helping to arrange the fraudulent payment of 50.4 million rubles ($850,000) for a display screen contract at the stadium.Oganesyan was accused of arranging for a