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Deported Russian fan leader re-emerges, to be expelled
PARIS: A Russian fan group leader is being kicked out of France again, days after he was deported for alleged involvement in hooliganism and slipped back into the
PARIS: A Russian fan group leader is being kicked out of France again, days after he was deported for alleged involvement in hooliganism and slipped back into the country illegally.
Alexander Shprygin’s actions exposed failings in Europe’s internal border security, and kept attention on Russian football fans despite Russia’s elimination from the Euro 2016 tournament Monday night.
Shprygin, who is suspected of ties to the extreme right, was among several Russian fans detained last week and barred from French territory after violence around a match in Marseille.
Shprygin left France on Saturday, then returned Monday for Russia’s match against Wales in Toulouse, apparently travelling overland from a neighbouring country to avoid airport border controls. He tweeted that he re-entered France by “an unusual route under cover of night,” posing as a tourist.
He was detained again at the Toulouse stadium Monday night, after tweeting about his return and posting images of himself online.
THEY’RE ‘TRAINED KILLERS’: UKRAINE PRESIDENT
PARIS: The Russian football fans behind the Marseille fan violence were “trained fighters who kill”, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said during a visit to France on Tuesday.
“I cannot rule out that they were prepared. They were trained fighters who kill,” Poroshenko said. Two Britons remain in a coma in hospital after being seriously injured in the Marseille mayhem ahead of the June 11 Euro match.
