Fans of the football club “Spartak” on Saturday, December 4, left the stands in the 19th minute of the match of the 17th round of the “Tinkoff of the Russian Premier League” (RPL) against “Akhmat”. The Izvestia correspondent reports this from the scene.
They began to leave the match 19 minutes after the start of the game in protest against the mass arrest at the match of the last round of the Russian championship.
Meanwhile, Lokomotiv and Ural fans also left the stands in support of CSKA fans.
Earlier that day, fans of the Moscow football club CSKA left the stands in the 20th minute of the match against Krylia Sovetov. Krylia fans also left the stadium.
A day earlier, as a sign of solidarity with the fans of CSKA Moscow, part of Rostov’s fans held a rally, leaving the stadium in the 20th minute of the RPL round 17 match. At the 60th minute of the match, the fans of the St. Petersburg football club “Zenith” also left the stands.
Detentions after the CSKA – Zenit match, which ended with a score of 2: 0 in favor of the team from St. Petersburg, were carried out on 28 November. In the capital’s headquarters of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, this information was confirmed. It was clarified that at the end of the meeting, the fans of the red-blue lit several dozen flares.
On the same day it became known that the police officers drew up 51 reports on administrative offenses. At the same time, at least 25 CSKA fans may face a ban on attending sporting events in Russia.
Then CSKA fans announced that they would hold a protest at the match of the 17th round of Tinkoff RPL against Wings of the Soviets and leave the guest sector on the upcoming trip to Samara.
On December 3, CSKA fans were joined by Dynamo fans. They will leave Grandstand D after the first half of the match against Ufa on 5 December.
In turn, the leadership of CSKA condemned the fans’ use of so many pyrotechnics, but stressed that the innocent should not suffer. The club promised to provide legal support to their fans.
Source: IZ
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