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Clashes with police over football fan killing

The center of Moscow is returning to normal following rioting on Manezhnaya Square on Saturday.
By Gazeta Russa
Thousands of football fans gathered in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Saturday to call for an investigation into the death of a Spartak Moscow supporter, Yegor Sviridov. The 28-year-old was shot dead in a brawl last Sunday.
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Ilya Varlamov

Thousands of football fans gathered in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Saturday to call for an investigation into the death of a Spartak Moscow supporter, Yegor Sviridov. The 28-year-old was shot dead in a brawl last Sunday.
Thousands of football fans gathered in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Saturday to call for an investigation into the death of a Spartak Moscow supporter, Yegor Sviridov. The 28-year-old was shot dead in a brawl last Sunday.

Ilya Varlamov

Thousands of football fans gathered in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Saturday to call for an investigation into the death of a Spartak Moscow supporter, Yegor Sviridov. The 28-year-old was shot dead in a brawl last Sunday.
Thousands of football fans gathered in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Saturday to call for an investigation into the death of a Spartak Moscow supporter, Yegor Sviridov.The 28-year-old was shot dead in a brawl last Sunday.

Ilya Varlamov

Thousands of football fans gathered in Moscow and St. Petersburg on Saturday to call for an investigation into the death of a Spartak Moscow supporter, Yegor Sviridov.The 28-year-old was shot dead in a brawl last Sunday.
What started out as a peaceful, sanctioned rally of demonstrators on Moscow's Kronshtadsky Boulevard turned violent as angry mobs broke away and moved toward the Kremlin.

Ilya Varlamov

What started out as a peaceful, sanctioned rally of demonstrators on Moscow's Kronshtadsky Boulevard turned violent as angry mobs broke away and moved toward the Kremlin.
What started out as a peaceful, sanctioned rally of demonstrators on Moscow's Kronshtadsky Boulevard turned violent as angry mobs broke away and moved toward the Kremlin.

Ilya Varlamov

What started out as a peaceful, sanctioned rally of demonstrators on Moscow's Kronshtadsky Boulevard turned violent as angry mobs broke away and moved toward the Kremlin.
What started out as a peaceful, sanctioned rally of demonstrators on Moscow's Kronshtadsky Boulevard turned violent as angry mobs broke away and moved toward the Kremlin.

Ilya Varlamov

What started out as a peaceful, sanctioned rally of demonstrators on Moscow's Kronshtadsky Boulevard turned violent as angry mobs broke away and moved toward the Kremlin.
What started out as a peaceful, sanctioned rally of demonstrators on Moscow's Kronshtadsky Boulevard turned violent as angry mobs broke away and moved toward the Kremlin.

Ilya Varlamov

What started out as a peaceful, sanctioned rally of demonstrators on Moscow's Kronshtadsky Boulevard turned violent as angry mobs broke away and moved toward the Kremlin.
Around 30 people were taken to the hospital with injuries.

Ilya Varlamov

Around 30 people were taken to the hospital with injuries.
Police sources said many of the demonstrators only came out to pay their respects, but things quickly got out of hand when some people decided to provoke clashes between the protesters and riot police

Ilya Varlamov

Police sources said many of the demonstrators only came out to pay their respects, but things quickly got out of hand when some people decided to provoke clashes between the protesters and riot police
Police sources said many of the demonstrators only came out to pay their respects, but things quickly got out of hand when some people decided to provoke clashes between the protesters and riot police

Ilya Varlamov

Police sources said many of the demonstrators only came out to pay their respects, but things quickly got out of hand when some people decided to provoke clashes between the protesters and riot police
Police sources said many of the demonstrators only came out to pay their respects, but things quickly got out of hand when some people decided to provoke clashes between the protesters and riot police

Ilya Varlamov

Police sources said many of the demonstrators only came out to pay their respects, but things quickly got out of hand when some people decided to provoke clashes between the protesters and riot police
Police sources said many of the demonstrators only came out to pay their respects, but things quickly got out of hand when some people decided to provoke clashes between the protesters and riot police

Ilya Varlamov

Police sources said many of the demonstrators only came out to pay their respects, but things quickly got out of hand when some people decided to provoke clashes between the protesters and riot police
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February 3, 2011

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