Russian MP tells hooligans to 'keep it up'

Russian Football Union executive committee member Igor Lebedev has praised the country's hooligans who caused carnage in Marseille on Saturday, urging them to "keep it up".

Lebedev, who is also an MP for the nationalist Liberal Democratic party and the deputy chairman of the Russian parliament, blamed the trouble prior to and following Russia's Euro 2016 opener against England on French police and rival supporters.

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