Moscow police denied earlier information that one person, injured in Saturday's clash in downtown Moscow, died in hospital, a Moscow police department spokesman said.
A police source earlier told RIA Novosti that one person died and 29 were hospitalized after clashes on Moscow's Manezh Square. Russian Interior Minister Rashid Nurgaliyev said that the violence was provoked by nationalists who joined the demonstration of football fans, mourning the death of their friend.
"Several people were injured, no one died," Viktor Biryukov said.
Some 5,000 young people, mainly football fans and members of nationalist organizations, protesting the death of Spartak Moscow fan Yegor Sviridov gathered on central Moscow's Manezh Square earlier on Saturday. They ignored police demands to disperse and clashes broke out.
Sviridov, 28, was killed earlier this week during a mass brawl between football fans and internal migrants from the North Caucasus in north Moscow.
MOSCOW, December 12 (RIA Novosti)
