Leader of Euro violence arrested
Agencies
Sep 25, 2016 12:21 PM IST
MOSCOW: Russian special police on Saturday publicly detained the far-right football fan leader implicated in this summer’s Euro 2016 violence in France.
Moscow police said its criminal investigation department hauled in the head of Russia’s national supporters association Alexander Shprygin for questioning and searched his home and office.
MUTKO RE-ELECTED RUSSIAN CHIEF
MOSCOW: Sports minister Vitaly Mutko was on Saturday re-elected for a four-year term as president of Russia’s Football Union (RFU) at a special executive board meeting in Moscow.
The 57-year-old Mutko received 266 votes. His only opponent, former Russia and CSKA Moscow coach Valery Gazzaev, got 142.
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