MOSCOW (Sputnik) — "Police detained [the journalists] without explanation, the journalists' accreditation was confiscated. In 20 minutes, the Russian journalists were released," the news portal Championat.com said, noting that its reporter was among the detained.
The French city of Lille is due to host a Russia-Slovakia football match later on Wednesday within the framework of the UEFA Euro 2016. On Tuesday, England and Wales fans clashed with Russian fans in Lille, but French police intervened with pepper spray, and detained several individuals.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Russian Izvestia newspaper reported that officers of the French gendarmerie in Lille had surrounded the representatives of the Russian media, who were covering the clashes, took way their accreditation and started to check their documents.
