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Judge orders Mamaev and Kokorin to spend two more months in jail

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Moscow (AFP) – Disgraced Russian footballers Pavel Mamaev and Alexander Kokorin will spend a further two months in prison after a Moscow court extended their detention for assault on Wednesday.

“The court has deliberated and grants the request of investigators to extend the detention…until February 8, 2019,” said judge Alexei Krivoruchko, quoted by Russian news agencies.

The pair…

Two Russian footballers have been charged with assault and hooliganism, in a high-profile case that triggered hot debates across the country.

Zenit St Petersburg’s Aleksandr Kokorin and Krasnodar’s Pavel Mamaev are accused of attacking a trade ministry official with a chair and also beating up a driver in Moscow on 8 October.

The trade official needed medical treatment after the incident.

The two Russia internationals now face up to seven years in jail.

Kokorin’s brother and another man were also charged on Thursday in Moscow.

Kokorin, 27, has 48 caps for Russia, but missed this year’s home World Cup through injury, while 30-year-old Mamaev has 15 caps.

Russia internationals Kokorin & Mamaev should face ‘severe punishment’

The Russian Premier League had earlier expressed its outrage over the players’ “rowdy behaviour”.

Their respective clubs also condemned the attacks.

The high-profile case has been discussed countless times on Russia’s prime-time TV shows, with many participants demanding harsh punishment for the footballers.

There have also been voices in their defence – with supporters saying the athletes should be given a second chance.

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BBC Sport – Football

Two Russia internationals have been detained by police for 48 hours to be questioned over an attack on a civil servant in a cafe in Moscow.

Zenit St Petersburg’s Aleksandr Kokorin and Krasnodar’s Pavel Mamaev are said to have assaulted trade ministry official Denis Pak on Monday, leaving him needing medical treatment.

The Russian Premier League said it was outraged by their “rowdy behaviour”.

Police said both players had reported to a police station on Wednesday.

They had been detained over charges of hooliganism, which carries a maximum jail sentence of seven years.

Russia internationals Kokorin & Mamaev should face ‘severe punishment’[1]

In a statement, the Russian Premier League expressed “its outrage and strongly condemns their rowdy behaviour”.

It added: “This act not only casts a shadow over the glorious names of FC Zenit and FC Krasnodar, but all of Russian football.

“We believe that those responsible should be punished in the most severe way. There is no place for hooligans in football.”

Zenit said Kokorin had behaved “disgustingly” and Krasnodar said they were looking to end Mamaev’s contract.

Mamaev, 30, has 15 Russia caps and played for CSKA Moscow 128 times before moving to Krasnodar in 2013.

References

^ Russia internationals Kokorin & Mamaev should face ‘severe punishment’ (www.bbc.co.uk)

BBC Sport – Football

Russian club pledges to end Mamaev contract after cafe assault

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Moscow (AFP) – Russian Premier League club Krasnodar pledged to terminate the contract of disgraced midfielder Pavel Mamaev days after he and Zenit Saint Petersburg’s Alexander Kokorin seriously assaulted a government official.

On Monday the players, both former Russian internationals who have courted controversy in the past, attacked a Russian trade ministry official in a Moscow cafe…