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OF AN ENGLISH FAN

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“I will rip their heart from their chest and eat their heart as it still beats.

“I am Sergei Volatov – I am the Werewolf of Moscow. Believe me.”

The idea that Russian hooligans are being released early from jail to intimidate England fans is not a fanciful one, according to Dr John Snaith, head of internatio­nal studies at the University of West Lancashire.

He said: “Corruption is endemic in Russia. They are a lawless, half- godless, band of bloodthirs­ty savages. UNCAGED: Ex Russian army conscript Sergei Volatov ( was released from prison to unleash hell on England WHEN England fans travel to the World Cup in Russia next June it will be into an atmosphere of sheer terror.

Because Russian hooligans will be waiting – and one of them has vowed to EAT the HEART of an England supporter!

Sergei Volatov, 43, said he will murder an England fan “with my bare hands” and feast on his “still- beating heart”.

The former Russian army conscript said he has been released early from a 10- year prison sentence for violence as authoritie­s want him to “bring pride to Mother Russia – paid for in English blood”.

Speaking in his grubby Moscow flat, Volatov told Sunday Sport: “England fans come to Russia and England fans will die here. I shall eat their hearts myself. CARNAGE: Russian fans in action

“I can quite easily see an official in the Kremlin ordering convicted hooligans to be released from jail, so they can be sent to fight England fans.”

While England supporters attracted a reputation for hooliganis­m back in the 1980s – which ended up in internatio­nal bans – our casuals are now seen as LIGHTWEIGH­TS compared to their Russian counterpar­ts. MAFIA LINKS: Thugs smuggle arsenals of weapons into grounds including machine guns and ( grenades

Led by former members of the Spetznaz – the Russian SAS – the gangs mostly have military training and can kill a man with their bare hands.

Often with the connivance of stewards, the yobs manage to smuggle bottles, knives, breeze blocks, and acid into gangs for confrontat­ions.

One match in Moscow last year had to be abandoned after a gang with links to the Russian mafia managed to smuggle a machine gun and GRENADES into the ground.

Official figures – which show around 20 people EVERY WEEK die in Russia through football violence – are underestim­ates as statistics officials are bribed to turn a blind eye by their criminal paymasters.

When Russian and England fans clashed in Marseilles during Euro 2016 Three Lions lads got a spanking from their vodka- breathed, snowy- booted Russian rivals.

Last night one former England hooligan, who refused to be named for fear of reprisals, said: “What I’m saying is, this is exactly what I warned would happen.

“The grassroots have been neglected and so, when push comes to shove at the end of the day, our casuals just don’t have the talent, the training or the experience to go up against these foreign crews in the modern game.

“There’s no excuse for this level of unprepared­ness – not at this level.

“At the end of the day, England boys are going to get slaughtere­d out there.”

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