A football sword

Representatives of the organization “Football against Racism in Europe” sent a complaint about the actions of Russian fans who launched a huge banner with the inscription “This is Russia” and the image of the “Russian hero” with a sword before the start of the match. According to Gazeta Wyborcza, the fighters with racism recognized Prince Dmitry Pozharsky, "the leader of the people's uprising who expelled the Polish-Lithuanian troops from Russia in the early 17th century,". “We sent a complaint even before the match,” said the representative of the organization Rafal Pankovski.

On the eve of the Warsaw police opened fire with rubber bullets and used the waterlets during the movement of the march of Russian fans. During the movement of the column, Polish fans began to throw policemen and glass bottles. The police had to make several warning shots and supplant the Poles from the path of the movement of Russian fans.

In the clashes between the fans, 11 people were injured. According to Gazeta.ru of the Polish ambassador to Russia, Wojciech Zayonchkovsky, among them eight Poles, two Russians and one German, no one was injured so much to stay in the hospital. "" About 10 police officers were also injured, "the diplomat added. According to him, the information widespread in the media about the death of one of the fans participating in the fight. Zaonchkovsky specified that information about information about the information about The number of participants in the riots, which initially in the press, is not true. In the largest group of hooligans that our police revealed, there were about 200 people, ”the ambassador said.

Earlier, President Warsaw Hannah Gronkevich-Valtz said that the police would take adequate measures if political slogans will sound during the march of Russian fans in Warsaw. "The Russians promised the city authorities that during the procession to the national stadium there would be no political manifestations. If political slogans were heard on Tuesday, this will mean that we were deceived," said Groacrevich -Waltz. She recalled that Russian fans did not apply for a march, but only notified the city authorities that they wanted to go from the area hanging through the Penatovsky bridge to the national stadium.

On Monday, UEFA opened a disciplinary file against the Russian football union in connection with the inappropriate behavior of fans at the match between the national teams of Russia and the Czech Republic. Russian fans are accused of using and throwing fireworks on the field, demonstration of banners with unwinded content, and are also suspected of manifestation of racism.

Having studied security reports and affordable photo and video materials, UEFA announced that he was opening a disciplinary case against the RFU. In connection with the use of pyrotechnics, insulting slogans, as well as a fight of Russian fans with stewards on the outskirts of the fan zone at the UEFA stadium in Wroclaw, he took special control of the monitoring of the behavior of fans of the Russian national team.

In addition, UEFA, in cooperation with the organization Football against Racism in Europe, will begin an investigation in connection with the information received about the insulting of Czech football players by Russian fans. Obviously, we are talking about the player of the national team of the Czech Republic Theodore Gebre Selassiy, the only black football player who took part in the match. It was reported that racist shouts sounded from Russian fans addressed to him. "We have a reason to believe that the problem arose when the Czech defender gave the corner," said Fare Executive Director PR Cook. He also noted the demonstration by fans of imperial flags of white and black-yellow colors, "which is evidence of the ultra-right mood" of the part of Russian fans. Earlier, the 25-year-old force said that "is not going to give up" if there are any manifestations of racism against him. “I will stand until stones fly into me,” he said.

Earlier it was reported that Russian fans beat stewards at the stadium in Wroclaw, where the Russian team played its first match at the European Championship with the Czech team. A video of a fight appeared on YouTube. The record shows how the fans of the Russian team beat people in colored shirts - stewards who do not show resistance fans.

As TVN24 clarifies, as a result of a fight that occurred after the meeting, four stadium security officers suffered. They were taken to the hospital, but they did not receive serious damage and were soon discharged. According to the representative of the local police, serious incidents on the first day of the euro were not recorded. Six fans were detained for various violations.

The Polish police continues the investigation of this incident. According to PAP, 12 Russians who took part in the fight have already been identified. Their photos will be transferred to border services, which will have to detain violators while trying to cross the border.