Russian fans stage nationwide walkouts over police crackdowns on ultras
Football fans from almost all of Russia's top clubs have staged mass walkouts at games to protest a police crackdown.
So-called ultras organized walkouts during at least seven Russian Premier League games this weekend after a wave of arrests targeting Spartak Moscow fans the week before.
Fans walked out leaving behind banners saying "A fan is not a criminal." Even Spartak's bitter rivals like CSKA Moscow and Zenit St. Petersburg saw large numbers of their hardcore supporters join in.
Russian authorities...