Some 40.000 English fans at Manchester United and Chelsea arrived in Moscow, Wednesday, which will play in the evening finals of the Champions League between the two clubs. They will be joined in the stands of the stadium Loujniki by one of the most wanted men in Britain, Andrei Lougovoï.

This ex-KGB agent, the main suspect in the eyes of London in the assassination of former Russian agent became the Kremlin opponent Alexander Litvinenko, will support the London club Chelsea. “It is a great supporter of football, and there goes with his son,” said a spokesman for Mr. Lougovoï.

The match will be followed by another Russian personality, the owner of Chelsea and billionaire Roman Abramovich, but the vast majority of supporters who follow the meeting in the stadium will be English.

To avoid overflow, the Moscow police has left nothing to chance, and some 14,500 officers will ensure the safety of 69,000 spectators, while 18 British plainclothes agents will identify known troublemakers from their services. The planes of supporters of both clubs, which by presenting their ticket for the match were exceptional measure exempted from obtaining a Russian visa, landed at airports remote of several dozen kilometers.

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