There was no immediate comment from French authorities, who have said about 150 hard-core Russian fans took part in serious violence after Saturday’s clashes around the England-Russia game in Marseille at the Euro16 championship.
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The organisation’s disciplinary committee warned that the suspension will be lifted should there be any further “crowd disturbances” inside the stadium at Russia’s remaining matches.
The Football Association was warned previously that further disorder could lead to the England team also being expelled from the tournament, even though the FA was not formally charged by the European football governing body.
Russian Federation played Slovakia in Lille in the European Championship this afternoon, with England preparing to face Wales tomorrow in nearby Lens.
English and Russian fans clashed in Lille on Wednesday, after Russia’s Euro 2016 match with Slovakia.
Russian state TV on Wednesday broadcast what it said was footage of an English football fan stamping on a Russian flag in Lille, part of what Russian officials say has been a pattern of offensive provocations towards Russian supporters.
Police launched tear gas on England fans during a stand-off with hundreds of supporters as tensions flared in Lille tonight.
Police managed to initially separate the groups as more than 100 England fans were dispersed.
There had been fears of violence in the north between Russian and English fans after they had clashed when their teams met in the southern city of Marseille on Saturday. It also fined the Russian Football Union €150,000 (Dh618,000).
Collymore reported he heard a loud bang go off – England fans were ripping auto wing mirrors off, he said.
The nationality of those involved is unclear, with some reports suggesting Russian and Slovakian fans were at the heart of it.
French police moved onto the streets of Lille to keep order on Wednesday as tens of thousands of Russian, English, Welsh and Slovak fans arrived for the latest round of high-risk Euro 2016 football matches.
“French authorities were obliged to inform our embassy or the consulate general in Marseille at that very moment when they carried out the detention (of the Russian fans), but this was not done”.
Fabienne Buccio, prefect of the Pas-de-Calais region, said Lens will be “in lockdown by the police”.
He added: “We will have a strong police presence with more than 1,200 police officers present in Lens and you can add 1,200 more with the private security that will be mobilised that day”.
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The game’s ruling body however, did not directly answer a question on whether it could guarantee the safety of visiting supporters from organised groups of Russian hooligans.
