At least 30 people were reported to have been injured in clashes with police in Moscow that erupted during a rally that drew some 5,000 soccer fans and nationalists protesting the death of a fan in a street brawl last week.
Soccer Fans Riot In Moscow
![Soccer fans came to attend a memorial for Spartak Moscow fan Yegor Sviridov at the site of his stabbing on December 11.](https://gdb.rferl.org/4594c55c-886c-410f-a3f1-73a0cfb77fb5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Soccer fans came to attend a memorial for Spartak Moscow fan Yegor Sviridov at the site of his stabbing on December 11.
![Sviridov, a member of a radical Spartak fan group, was reportedly shot during an interracial brawl.](https://gdb.rferl.org/ff70740e-4327-4793-ae5a-2a20dbfa4323_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Sviridov, a member of a radical Spartak fan group, was reportedly shot during an interracial brawl.
![The rally in Moscow's Manezh Square drew some 5,000 demonstrators.](https://gdb.rferl.org/1d332e91-1c36-4454-aaf9-a9dd7f64ec2f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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The rally in Moscow's Manezh Square drew some 5,000 demonstrators.
![Some say the violence has exposed close links between extremists and soccer-club supporters.](https://gdb.rferl.org/edb48ace-47d4-4721-abb3-0ad3ad12820b_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Some say the violence has exposed close links between extremists and soccer-club supporters.
![It was an embarrassment for Russia less than two weeks after it won the right to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018.](https://gdb.rferl.org/5cba4213-c270-415e-89e5-988241340121_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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It was an embarrassment for Russia less than two weeks after it won the right to host the FIFA World Cup in 2018.
![Russia's president said rioters who committed violence against other people in Moscow must be punished.](https://gdb.rferl.org/1a034d03-c781-42ce-908c-f5e837f6e164_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russia's president said rioters who committed violence against other people in Moscow must be punished.
![Riot police clash with fans.](https://gdb.rferl.org/a1fa6bbf-801b-4f1f-8903-5ad51978e47c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Riot police clash with fans.
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![At least 30 people were reported to have been injured.](https://gdb.rferl.org/eeda219f-1004-4dc6-8160-d7631892943c_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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At least 30 people were reported to have been injured.
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![Men who appeared to come from the Caucasus were beaten up by protesting fans.](https://gdb.rferl.org/7943f48e-78c6-4855-87b0-a6c57215b3e1_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Men who appeared to come from the Caucasus were beaten up by protesting fans.
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![Russia's president said on his Twitter page that "we will deal with everyone who defiled things. Everyone. You can be certain of that."](https://gdb.rferl.org/46dc60f8-58cd-40c7-8636-c4adf079d50f_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Russia's president said on his Twitter page that "we will deal with everyone who defiled things. Everyone. You can be certain of that."