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June 17, 2002
Russian soccer fans rampaged near Red Square on Sunday after Russia's 1-0 loss to Japan. Rioters—about 8,000 in all—burned cars and smashed windows; one man was killed, dozens were hurt, and Japanese students were attacked. It was the worst violence in central Moscow since '93, when then president Boris Yeltsin ordered tanks to storm the parliament during a clash with deposed legislators.
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Russian soccer fans rampaged near Red Square on Sunday after Russia's 1-0 loss to Japan. Rioters—about 8,000 in all—burned cars and smashed windows; one man was killed, dozens were hurt, and Japanese students were attacked. It was the worst violence in central Moscow since '93, when then president Boris Yeltsin ordered tanks to storm the parliament during a clash with deposed legislators.

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