FIFA confirms kick-off times for 2018 FIFA World Cup

FIFA Executive Committee has approved the kick-off time for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
The committee came to these times at the first day of their meeting in Zurich.

Opening match of the World Cup will be played at 18. 000 Moscow time (UTC +3) while that of the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup will be played at the same time.
Taking into account time zone considerations, the FIFA Executive Committee also amended the 2018 FIFA World Cup match schedule accordingly by swapping the following matches between Kaliningrad and Ekaterinburg: Match #21 and #26, #32 and #36, #44 and #45.The next step in the development of the match schedules will be the assignment of kick-off times to matches, factoring in such considerations as daily temperatures and local time zones.

Updated versions of the match schedules should be approved in March 2016, during the meeting of the Organising Committee for the FIFA World Cup.
The final match schedules, which will include the participating teams, will be unveiled after the FIFA Confederations Cup Draw, in November 2016, and after the FIFA World Cup Final Draw, in December 2017.