Still cheesed off we didn't get to Moscow..?

Andy @ Allerton · May 13, 2008

Manchester United and Chelsea fans will be forced to go to Moscow 'gulags'

Last updated at 10:17am on 9th May 2008

Manchester United and Chelsea fans travelling to Moscow for the Champions League final will be sent to special 'gulags' to prevent them from fighting with each other.

Fans will be ferried from the airport to the special holding pens near the stadium, which will have just one entrance, be guarded by armed Moscow police and will not sell alcohol.

They could remain there for up to eight hours. Once inside, fans will be told not to leave if they want to see the game.

The policy will stop many fans from seeing anything of the Russian capital's famous bars and clubs.

They will go from the airport to the holding camps, then to the game, before taking a bus back for their return flight.

Police chief Major Igor Konovalov said: 'It's a normal practice. We use them in our country and the fans call them “settling tanks”. It doesn't matter who comes here — even a bunch of penguins — if our laws are violated we'll take full measures allowed by our law to clamp down. We will not differentiate.'

Russian authorities say they are expecting more than 40,000 fans to travel to Moscow in 300 separate flights.

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Gooner Spy · May 13, 2008