President Dmitry Medvedev will attend Russia's decisive World Cup qualification playoff against Slovenia in Moribor on Wednesday evening, the Kremlin announced.

Medvedev will fly to Slovenia on Wednesday after finishing his visit to Sweden for the EU-Russia summit. As well as watching the game, the president will hold talks with his Slovenian counterpart, Danilo Turk.

Russia won Saturday's first leg 2-1, with Slovenian Prime Minister Borut Pahor joining Russia's Vladimir Putin among the 70,000 fans inside Moscow's Luzhniki stadium.

Before the match, the two premiers oversaw the signing of a governmental agreement on running a section of the planned South Stream gas pipeline through Slovenia to northern Italy.

Slovenia's 88th-minute goal in Moscow leaves the tie in the balance, but bookmakers favor the Russian side to progress to the finals in South Africa next summer.

A 1-0 win would be enough for Slovenia to upset the odds, however, and Chelsea star Yury Zhirkov said on Tuesday he expected Russia would have to score at least once if they are to go through.

Moscow, November 18 (RIA Novosti)