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Maybe because they both located on the Baltic shore and the main communication line will be by sea.

There is another thread about this:

http://masterrussian.net/f55/russia-host-world-cup-2018-a-17168/

Here is the official bid video, surprisingly not bad:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdcRbaXH2kA&feature=related

They'd steal money anyway, but in this case the attention to the results of the projects will be greater, so this could be not that bad. : )

You'd better imagine German national team playing in...