Three Russian football supporters , Alexei Yerunov, Nikolai Morozov and Sergei Gorbachev , were on Thursday sent to jail for up to two years, by a French Court, for their role in the violent clashes in Marseille before the England-Russia Euro 2016 match.
The accused were among 43 Russian supporters detained by French police in southern France on Tuesday for clashes that left more than 30 people injured.
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Gorbachev, who leads a supporters’ club at Russian second division club Arsenal Tula, was jailed for 18 months.
While Morozov bagged 12 months and Yerunov, 29, who is supporters’ liaison officer at Lokomotiv Moscow according to the club’s website, received the longest prison sentence of 24 months.
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