The Russian national football team have been handed a suspended disqualification from Euro 2016 and a €150,000 (S$228,420) fine after their fans were involved in violent clashes in Marseille, said governing body Uefa yesterday.
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A fine of €150,000 (£118,850) has also been imposed on the Russian Football Union.
UEFA on Tuesday ordered the “suspended disqualification” of Russian Federation from the European Championship declaring they will be ordered out if there is more crowd trouble in a stadium at the tournament.
The June 11 game between Russia and England ended 1-1, but Russian fans engaged in clashes with English fans inside the stadium after the game.
“This disqualification is suspended until the end of the tournament”, said the UEFA disciplinary commission decision.
A spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin later said those two comments didn’t reflect the official point of view.
Dyke said: “We understand there is to be an alcohol ban across the host cities and we would welcome this, particularly in Lille on Wednesday where many English fans have been asked to gather ahead of Thursday’s match against Wales in Lens”.
It was also reported that French authorities stopped a group of 50 alleged Russian Ultras, they were on their way to Lille where more violence was expected to take place with English fans.
After the 1-1 draw in Marseille, Russian fans crossed security barriers inside the Stade Velodrome and attacked England fans.
He later said the Russian consul had arrived on the scene, preventing what he said was a planned storming of the bus by the police.
The English Football Association (FA) has already questioned the adequacy of security arrangements in Lille.
The security operation in Lens, which one local official said would be “in lockdown”, will be boosted by additional British police officers and also by British Transport Police, who will extend patrols from Eurostar trains to local rail services.
Six England fans were arrested for their parts in the riots, but no Russian fans were.
“What happened in Marseille and in other French towns is not the fault of fans, but about the inability of police to organise this kind of event properly”.
Speaking to Reuters, Shprygin said: “They want to deport nearly 50 people including women who did not take part in anything”.
The fan violence has overshadowed the start of the month-long tournament.
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Marseille’s chief prosecutor Brice Robin on Monday confirmed not a single Russian had been arrested for the violence that marred their Euro 2016 opener against England in the city on Saturday.
