These Might Be The Scariest Photos From the 2014 FIFA World Cup

Today, at the 2014 FIFA World Cup final, president of FIFA Sepp Blatter and Russian president Vladamir Putin got all nice and cozy together in the stands:

Angela Merkel at the World Cup with a venal, authoritarian leader. And Vladimir Putin is there too. pic.twitter.com/otQ2nskfG5

— Shashank Joshi (@shashj) July 13, 2014

Just two totally noncontroversial and not-at-all devious human beings enjoying a wonderful soccer match:

Will be tough for FIFA to keep Blatter off the TV broadcast today, sitting between Putin and Merkel pic.twitter.com/IbxcoI3NYQ — Graham Dunbar (@gdunbarap) July 13, 2014

By no means planning anything secretive, or scandalous, or downright scary:

Putin and Blatter sat together. A picture to make you feel all warm inside pic.twitter.com/bNndAXWtKd

— Antony D'Angelo (@dangerlow) July 13, 2014

  They're just besties looking to ride off into the sunset together:

It's actually not the first time Sepp Blatter has sat next to Putin... #WorldCup #GERARG pic.twitter.com/dI0B6RVwg9 — Sportsbet.com.au (@sportsbetcomau) July 13, 2014

Thanks to BuzzFeed for this "uh oh" of a story. Let's just pretend that none of this ever happened...