MOSCOW (Reuters) - Ultra-nationalist and schooled in their country's historical grievances, Russian soccer hooligans see themselves as fighting the Kremlin's geopolitical battles in miniature when ...

Russia fans charged towards England supporters following the 1-1 draw on Saturday but hooliganism in the country is much more complex than just one g… A full account of the events surrounding ...

The Russian ruling party, United Russia, is recruiting members for its own "private army," the mercenary company Hispaniola, Ukraine's military intelligence agency (HUR) said on Jan. 3. This adds the ...

Fighters from the private military company (PMC) Española. Vladimir Putin's United Russia party has acquired its own private army, the so-called private military company (PMC) Española, and is ...

MOSCOW, March 19. /TASS/. A huge banner held aloft by fans of Russia’s Spartak Moscow football club during a game on Saturday labeled BBC the ‘Blah Blah Channel’ for its documentary on hooliganism in ...

Two notorious Russian hooligans have told Goal of the strict moral code which exists within the country's football mobs and say that they respect England fans despite the trouble between the two ...

Vladimir Putin is so desperate for troops to bolster his attempted invasion of Ukraine he has been forced to turn to criminals, the homeless and football hooligans to be his 'expendable manpower'.

p A top organiser of Russias World Cup dismissed the threat of hooliganism as "overblown" and "fake" on Thursday despite concerns after Russian fans went on the rampage at Euro 2016. Alexander ...

Hardline hooligans have warned that the 2018 World Cup would be a "festival of violence". Speaking in Qatar following a FIFA executive summit meeting, Infantino also said that football's governing ...