Safety on the “Stade de France”: tough for France, Russia for the least – SPORTS – EXPRESS

Friendlies. FRANCE – RUSSIA

special correspondent “SE” before the game France – Russia walked the walls of Euro-2016 main stadium

Dmitry Simonov
Paris

The big football returned to Saint-Denis for the first time since November 13, when the walls of the arena bombings and several deaths (mainly bombers themselves). Although since then on the “Stade de France” has conducted a major sporting event:. March 19 there was held a duel Cup Six Nations Rugby France – England

“We are waiting for a game France – Russia, we do not think about November 13, “- said at a press conference, head coach Didier Deschamps tricolor. As I said in the pre-match reports, the country is trying to do as little as possible to remember the terrible events. Where explosion occurred near a checkpoint, there is not a sign or symbol indicating that happened in November – no placard, no flower, nor even of a monument. Login works in nearby cafes pitched his tent, the music, set the tent with paraphernalia, beer and food

Before the game colleague Prosvetov detail painted the security measures, which told press officials -. Ways to gain control, the number of police (400), unarmed guards (850) and even snipers. I just talk about what I saw and felt when he went to play

two hundred meters from the walls of the stadium of fans meet inspection line -. Men in orange jackets that gently and delicately fingering pockets. The procedure lasted on the strength of a minute, after which the audience got into the tunnel under the bridge, where four of the columns were hidden gunmen. If you go to the arena on the other hand, the metro, the inspection was carried out in a similar way, only the gendarmes with guns was nowhere to hide.

Next to each tent duty stern men in civilian clothes. Directly at the entrance to the arena I checked again – all in the same unobtrusive, correct manner, with the use of hand-held metal detectors. The inspection was carried out stewards, next to each of them was a rubbish bin, intended for prohibited items. In the corridors of the stadium instead of stewards were guards dressed in identical black suits and otherwise demonstrated a vigilant

Before I did not have to happen on the football in France, but local journalists colleagues admit. Compared to conventional matches security measures definitely be called elevated and even unusually severe. This is especially true number of armed men in plain sight.

However, here we are with the French differ in our views. We made at the “Stade de France” soft measures rather than tough. I recall that in Russia in the regions and at major metropolitan matches, inside and outside the arenas can watch a thousand, fifteen, two thousand policemen. We will not surprise anybody dogs or examination, which may last more than one or two, and five to ten minutes after half an hour of standing in line. In Russia, at times forced to turn out his pockets, put everything out of the bag, take off his shoes or top (and sometimes all) clothes, leave on point inspection perfume or a pen that the god ordered to be used as a melee weapon. A couple of years ago before the derby around Khimki closed shops, and in St. Petersburg, before you get to “Peter”, the crowd pass by Robocop company. French journalists listened to my story, opened their mouths in astonishment.

But where is the line between thoroughfare, where the lack of proper control can be self-fulfilling prophecy, and besieged the fortress, when you feel like in prison? The machine in the hands of the gendarmes should cause disgust and fear, or, on the contrary, a sense of security and peace of mind? In no case do not intend to assess the quality of security in the “Stade de France” and in the future during the Euro-2016. Because only the appraiser – this is life. Incidents happen or not? Will it be possible to prevent the tragedy, or to minimize the damage done by them?

MATCH visit one of the victims of terrorist attacks 13 NOVEMBER

Serbian Aka Pavlovich, the victim at the stadium “Stade de France “in a terrorist attack on November 13 last year during a match France – Germany, attended the game with three-color Russia, informs AFP. Autumn Pavlovich was in the immediate vicinity of the place where a suicide bomber blew himself up – selling Balkanets Fan attributes. According Pavlovich, he was incredibly lucky – he almost escaped damage. But his wife was seriously injured – a woman who was with her husband, paralyzed part of the brain, it can not say

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