Russian ultras set aside football skirmishes to fight for Moscow FMTNews FMTWorld
MARIUPOL: At the main football stadium in Moscow-controlled Mariupol, stickers of the local Ukrainian team are still visible, but armed football ultras from Russia now patrol the stands.
They were mostly brought here by football ultras who formed a fighting unit – the “Espanola” – to join Moscow’s offensive.Inspired by British hooliganism, Russia’s ultra scene started in the 1990s and its adherents have a particularly fierce reputation.One of them, Mikhail – codename “Pitbull” – said they had put their rivalries from back home aside to fight for Russia.
The community was split in 2014 when the conflict between Moscow and Kyiv began – and when some sided with Ukraine.Driving past rows of destroyed houses as well as estates freshly built by Russia, Andrei, who came from Moscow, said the split was cemented with Russia’s full-scale offensive launched last year.He said he hopes to face off with the Russian football ultras fighting for Kyiv on the battlefield.
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