It may affect the value of bitcoin but not in big amount or value. Possibly if the big whales will ride on this news and will hype bitcoin then there is a tendency that temporarily bitcoin will increase in value before it goes down again. But in the least it is a good contributor to the rise of bitcoins value. If more of this activity will be launched across the world accepting bitcoin then surely bitcoin will be leaving towards mars soon.

I honestly don't know how that would affect the prices and why. Bitcoin is not going to be used or promoted in Russia, so I see no reason for the prices to move because of football

Few weeks or more then 2 months until the beginning of the World Cup(June 14),and I do not see that this event can in any way affect the price of BTC.Generally speaking this competition is taking place in the summer time in the northern hemisphere,so we should consider that regardless of World Cup many will go on summer vacation,spend more time outdoors and enjoy football.

Regardless of all of the above, technology allows us to stay involved in cryptocurrency even while we are watching the match at the stadium or we enjoy the beach.I just hope there will be World Cup this year,there are high tensions between Russia and some other countries in this moment.

You can't just try and relate basically every event happening in the world to the Bitcoin price.  The Russian world cup is almost completely irrelevant.  In fact, it wouldn't even have a dramatic effect on the Russian economy (which is in a moderately bad state anyway), never mind whether people would decide to buy Bitcoin.

The problem is, if the price rises again then people will find a way to justify it even if their reason is ridiculous.  That's what they do in almost every price increase and almost every price drop.

I don’t think it’ll have much of an effect on the bitcoin price, neither positive nor negative.

Some events affect the increase or decrease in value of bitcoin. But that does not necessarily mean that every single one of those will have an impact on it. The world cup will not have that huge impact on bitcoin because it does not concern every people such as traders and investors in this cryptocurrency. The said event won't give Russia that great leap in its economy, which in turn will have no big relation on whether the bitcoin price will go up or go down.

 We have different opinions here. Some say that it will have an effect though not that big, and some say that it won't have an effect at all. So we could say that its still uncertain whether the upcoming world cup has something to do with bitcoins value. What we should do is not always rely on the events to be the primary reason on the changing value of bitcoin.

I doubt that Russia can affect the Bitcoin market. Russia has a weak cryptocurrency market. They do not have as much influence as China, South Korea, Japan and USA.

of course, the price of Bitcoin will increase quite high because it can be on the gamble will be increased and could be the bet is Bitcoin or Altcoin,
so be ready. 

The world cup is a soccer party all over the world, and I really like football, and I think this world cup will affect bitcoin prices and will experience price increases.

I don't see it having that much of an effect. Russia don't have a strong economy and the only time they manage to affect bitcoin prices is when they spread FUD. I don't see eager tourists using their bitcoins there too, considering Russia's stance towards it.

As for traders being "distracted" by the matches,  I don't think so. They won't let that get in the way of making money and it's not like they are always glued to the exchanges screen. Even if they are, they can always check their phones during commercials.