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was beaten up after the match by unknown assailants. The incident led to Russian referees sending an open letter to the football authorities saying they would no longer work in Grozny if they were subject to "psychological and physical pressure."

Terek Grozny"s president is Ramzan Kadyrov, a former militant fighter who is also the president of the volatile North Caucasus republic.

"We don"t need those kinds of victories," the Chechen leader said after last year"s controversial victory over Krilya. "For football, and sport in general, these kinds of victories, if they occur, are in fact a defeat."

The problem of match-fixing is not confined to the North Caucasus however, with Saturn defender Vadim Evseev, a former Russian international, admitting in an interview last week that he was offered money to throw a match last season.

MOSCOW, April 28 (RIA Novosti)



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