Still, if those of a conspiratorial bent are correct, and Fifa members did indeed run away from Britain's inconveniently free press, they have certainly ensured that won't be too much of a problem with the bids chosen for 2018 and 2022. According to The Press Freedom Index, a report compiled by 'Reporters Without Borders' that ranks countries according to, well, the freedom of their press, Russia comes in with a bullet at 140 (out of 178), while journalists in Qatar are comparatively free and easy, shooting up the table to 121. ~Football365