The prefect in the French region of Provence, which includes Marseille, signed expulsion orders Thursday for 20 Russian citizens after violence around the Euro 2016 match between England and Russia last Saturday.
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UEFA also told Russian Federation that it would be disqualified if there was a repeat of their fans’ violent behaviour, which included attacks on England supporters in the stadium as the match ended.
The supporters’ association is also backed by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Reports added that three other Russian fans were jailed for up to two years and banned from entering France for two years.
The arrest of the Russians turned into a diplomatic row Wednesday when Moscow summoned France’s ambassador in protest.
French authorities said about 20 supporters in the group would be freed.
The 20 are from a group of 43 detained by police in the Marseille region on Tuesday after violence flared at their Euro 2016 match against England.
The atmosphere in Lens was good-natured before kickoff, but schools in the city were closed because of fan trouble fears.
Now back home, he said: “There were 100,000 English in Marseille – 99,950 fans were brilliant and 50 let themselves down”. They stamped on me.
“Whether they’re Russians, British, they will be treated in the same way by French justice”. “It’s been and gone”.
Fan violence continued in Lille on Wednesday night, the day before England faced off against Wales in nearby Lens.
In chaotic scenes, throngs of rival supporters rushed at one another, hurling bottles, chairs and other objects, and forcing police in riot gear to fire tear gas in response. The British negotiators – or “spotters” – manged to de-escalate that situation.
The Germany-Poland game in Paris on Thursday night is also considered a hooligan risk.
UEFA has already handed the country a suspended disqualification from the tournament.
According to the Telegraph, fans congregated in front of a bar near Lille Flanders station and chanted God Save The Queen and England Til I Die.
The Russians will also face charges over a new offence of “knowingly participating in a group” planning “deliberate violence”, the prosecutor said. French courts have convicted six English fans of rioting, with prison sentences of one to three months.
When the AP visited his offices previous year, a T-Shirt was on display bearing the face of a former Torpedo Moscow player who was convicted of killing a man from Kyrgyzstan during a fight.
Mr Lavrov suggested Russian fans had been provoked and criticised the way French police were subjecting them to security checks.
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England will go top of Group B with victory over Wales, while Gareth Bale and co can reclaim top spot with a point. France beat Albania 2-0 in another of Wednesday’s games.
