Reuters Soccer Blog is reporting that 15,000 Russian cops are on duty in Moscow today to keep an eye on the 50,000 or so English fans being flown in and herded around like so much cattle for today's UEFA Champions League Final between Manchester United and Chelsea. That photo shows a select few heading to Luzhniki Stadium earlier today.
Yeah, I don't think we'll be seeing a repeat of what happened in Manchester last week. As our pal Orson reminds us, police and military are basically indistinguishable in Russia. The next drunken moron that tosses a beer mug at these guys should get a proper bashing today and a trip to Siberia tomorrow. None of that "Stop, or I'll say stop again!" in Moscow tonight.
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