Medvedev promises to punish hooligans
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has promised inevitable punishment for all hooligans involved in mass disorders at Moscow's Manezh Square on Saturday.
"Everything in Moscow and in the whole of Russia is under control. We'll punish all the hooligans, all of them," he said.
On Saturday morning, thousands of people gathered in the northwest of Moscow to commemorate Yegor Sviridov, a supporter of the Spartak football club who was killed in a street fight by a young man from the Caucasus. Later in the afternoon about five thousand fans gathered at Manezh Square for an unsanctioned rally. They threw firecrackers on the roadway, some clashed with the police. 65 people were detained as a result of disorders in downtown Moscow. Another 19 people were taken to hospital.
On the same day, another protest was staged in Saint Petersburg by football fans. The fans attacked drivers and passers-by, who had non-Slavic appearance.
On December 10, two Caucasian people killed Pavel Kazakov, another Spartak fan, near Volzhskaya metro station in Moscow.
