State media reports ` ` race - based '' violence has erupted in Moscow and St. Petersburg . About 100 White Moscow supporters clashed with police last weekend . They were protesting alleged police negligence over the death of Yegor Sviridov , 28 . Sviridov was reportedly killed in a clash with police from Russia 's North Caucasus region .
State media reports `` race-hate '' violence has erupted in Moscow and St. Petersburg . About 5,000 Spartak Moscow supporters clashed with police last weekend . They were protesting alleged police negligence over the death of Yegor Sviridov , 28 . Sviridov was reportedly killed in a fight with migrants from Russia 's North Caucasus region .