Fanning Racism
Local Russian News In English
Over sixty nationalists and football hooligans were arrested on Saturday in clashes with Interior Ministry troops near the Kremlin walls, after thousands gathered on Manezh Square to demand an investigation into the alleged murder of a Spartak FC fan by a migrant from Kabardino-Balkaria. Russia has a huge struggle ahead if it is to stamp out racism and nationalism in football before the 2018 World Cup, but at least now there is an eight-year timeframe piling pressure on the government to acknowledge a problem that elsewhere in Eastern Europe has already been addressed.
Source: Russia Profile.org