Daily Mirror

Russia Putin on a good show

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I’VE been in Russia over the past couple of weeks, I’ll be back there for the Confederat­ions Cup later this month and I can tell you it has been absolutely excellent.

And having heard what President Vladimir Putin (left) and foreign minister Sergey Lavrov – who I spoke to – have had to say on the matter of hooliganis­m, there is no chance violent supporters from Russia or any visiting country will be allowed to ruin next summer’s World Cup.

Fans’ groups told me, “Yeah, we have our **** wits like every club and country, but we want them out,” so it is something they are working on.

And all the Russian youngsters I spoke to told me they won’t let any idiots spoil next year’s extravagan­za because they have waited so long to host the tournament.

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