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A Russian football association official says it is right to punish players who react to racism from fans.

Artur Grigoryants, head of the Russian FA’s disciplinary committee, referred to the players in question as “so-called, in inverted commas, victims”.

Dynamo Moscow’s Christopher Samba was banned for two games in September 2014 for gesturing to Torpedo Moscow fans who taunted him with monkey chants.

Grigoryants said Samba’s “unpleasant gesture” was “a punishable offence”.

Speaking to Associated Press, he added: “Yes, there was a provocation from the stands but a player should keep himself under control and so we decided to punish the club for the occurrence and we punished Samba.”

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