Russia will be thrown out of Euro 2016 if their fans cause further trouble, says European governing body Uefa.
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Russians have also been fined 150,000 euros (£119,000) following
violent scenes at the game against England in Marseille on Saturday.The suspended disqualification and fine relate only to incidents that happened inside the stadium.
There were reports of minor disturbances between rival fans in Lille on Tuesday evening.
Russia play Group B rivals Slovakia in the city on Wednesday, while England fans are congregating there before Thursday's match against Wales in the nearby town of Lens.
French authorities are increasing security before the games - 4,000 extra police and security officials will be on duty - and the sale of alcohol will be restricted in both Lille and Lens.
Mobile phone footage posted on Twitter on Tuesday showed two sets of fans confronting each other outside a bar, with chairs strewn across the pavement on the Place de la Gare in central Lille.
However, other footage posted on social media showed fans playing football in a calm city square.
Police keep an eye on fans gathering at bars near to Lille's main stationMeanwhile, groups of Russian fans are being deported from France as a result of trouble at the tournament.A bus carrying fans was stopped in a police operation near Cannes on Tuesday.Officials said 43 Russian supporters had been arrested and would be charged, released or expelled from the country.Russian
supporters from the bus were later transferred to a Marseille police
station where the fans were expected to be held overnight.Russia coach Leonid Slutsky, whose team still have to play Wales and Slovakia, is confident his squad will not be excluded."We are sure our supporters will not do the same and will not give any reasons to disqualify our team," he said.Russia forward Artem Dzyuba added: "We're not at a street-fighting championship. Please, let's focus on football."But he added Russian fans were not the only ones to blame for trouble.
"I don't really understand the reaction of the British media, who have
this impression England supporters are like angels who just behave
themselves," he said."You have to be objective, there is 50-50 in every conflict. I don't see that the Russians are the only ones at fault."England were also threatened with disqualification from Euro 2016 but were not formally charged by Uefa.
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