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UEFA has ordered the "suspended disqualification" of the Russian team at Euro 2016 tournament as a group of supporters were told they would be thrown out of France because authorities fear they will cause trouble at later matches.
French authorities were checking the identities of 29 supporters at a hotel in Mandelieu-La Napoule near Marseille and authorities have already decided to take some of them to a holding centre at the border.
French police are trying to establish if any of the Russians are on a list of supporters "considered a risk", said Francois-Xavier Lauch, a top local official in the Alpes-Maritimes area.
It is believed the Russian supporters intended to travel to the northern city of Lille, where Russia plays Slovakia on Wednesday.
The checks come after the English Football Association (FA) expressed concern that France was not doing enough to crack down on Russian hooligans following the mass fighting between English and Russian supporters in Marseille on Saturday.
European football's governing body UEFA has declared Russian fans responsible for the stadium disturbances, racist chanting and fireworks thrown during the game.
It also fined the Russian Football Union 150,000 euros ($229,185).
"Such suspension will be lifted if incidents of a similar nature (crowd disturbances) happen inside the stadium at any of the remaining matches of the Russian team during the tournament," UEFA said.
UEFA stressed that its order only applied to trouble inside stadiums where the governing body is responsible for security.
"We will comply with UEFA's decision. What other position can there be?" Sports Minister and Russian Football Union president Vitaly Mutko told TASS news agency.
French prosecutors said 150 Russian supporters who were "extremely well-prepared" and "extremely violent" evaded arrest in Marseille.
Authorities are concerned Russian and English fans will come into contact again in Lille, because England play Wales in nearby Lens the next day.
English FA chief Greg Dyke rejected the suggestion that England fans were at fault for the incidents in the stadium and said he had "serious concerns" about security in Lille.
He called for an urgent meeting of the Lille and Lens police authorities to draw up an "effective" security plan.
Dyke said security in the Marseille stadium on Saturday had been "unacceptable" and claimed "there was insufficient segregation between the Russian and English fans".
England captain Wayne Rooney and coach Roy Hodgson have already made a video plea for the country's fans to avoid fighting in Lille.
British authorities have also sent extra police to France.
The Russian Football Union said its top officials will meet with supporters in France on Tuesday to urge them not to cause violence in Lille.
They will tell the fans there is a "categorical intolerance of all types of violations".
"Hooligan stunts, racism, as well as all sorts of discrimination must be eradicated," the Union said on its website.
On Monday, 10 men — six Britons, three French and one Austrian — were found guilty of violence around the England-Russia match and given jail terms.
British police coordinator Mark Roberts said the Russian troublemakers in Marseille were wearing mouthguards, martial arts gloves and carrying knives.
Dozens of Russian fans charged at England supporters inside Marseille's Stade Velodrome
