Russian ultras release T-shirts featuring chilling slogans calling for ‘ultraviolence’ at 2018 World Cup
Menacing T-shirts and jumpers are released for Russian football thugs to strike fear into England fans
RUSSIA has launched sinister hooligan clothing ahead of the World Cup.
Ruthless ultra fans are getting kitted out to show foreign visitors they mean business.
That is despite Kremlin security officials vowing to crack down on troublemakers.
They hope to prevent a repeat of the ugly Battle of Marseilles between Russian and English supporters at Euro-2016.
But one T-shirt with a skull and crossbones emblem warns in English: “Our courage - your trouble”.
The makers say this “completely reflects balance of power” at the coming World Cup — which will be held at a dozen venues in 11 cities with the final in Moscow.
Another message on the T-shirt and matching sweatshirt reads: “Welcome FIFA World Cup Russia 2018.”
Another design shows a hooded ultra fan surrounded by riot police.
The message is “Guess Who - Alright Russian Hooligans”.
One more unofficial shirt now on sale on the web in Russia is a mock up of England’s - and Moscow’s - patron saint St George slaying the dragon.
The slogan reads: “Moscow Ultraviolence”.
Again the wording is in English at a time of huge tension between Moscow and London over the Salisbury nerve agent attack.
The design is linked to violent cult film A Clockwork Orange.
They are all from a brand called Unsporting Conduct, which markets itself to “okolofutbol” - or “near football" - devotees, including hooligans.
T-shirts sell for 1,400 roubles, or £16, and sweatshirts for 2,800 roubles - £32.
Another shirt design on sale depicts a Russian bear holding a knife with the slogan: “Russian nature”.
Also on sale around for the World Cup is a shirt showing firecrackers - one with a skull and crossbones - and the slogan: ‘Pyro is not a crime’.
Use of firecrackers in Russian stadiums is a continuing problem which the authorities have failed to stamp out.
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Another in the same set shows a fan holding a fan holding a lighted firecracker with the word: “Ultras”.
Yet another image on a World Cup shirt is called “Old School Ultras” with one more modelled by a hooded fan in dark glasses holding two flares with the slogan: “Fanatics Weekend”.
A shirt on sale on hooligan web sites reads: “Are you gangsters? No, we are Russians.”
Vicious Russian "hooli-girl" thugs are also said to be warming up for the World Cup with sickening, staged mass brawls - and have their sight set on England fans.
Shocking pictures and video obtained by The Sun Online show two teams of female “Ultras” launching into a bloody fist fight in a snowy forest last month.
Web football forums and social media in Russia are awash with sinister threats and images showing thugs training for the blood-thirsty battle ahead.
England kick off their 2018 campaign against Tunisia in Volgograd on June 18 amid huge security following Euro 2016 hooligan “Battle of Marseille.”
Two England fans were left in comas and dozens were hurt when they were attacked by highly organised gangs of Russian thugs before the two nations met in the French city.
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