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Agence France-Presse

Two Russian national team players have been punished by their clubs after video of them at a champagne-fuelled party in Monaco following the squad’s dismal exit from Euro 2016 sparked outrage.
Russian media reported that midfielder Pavel Mamayev and forward Alexander Kokorin allegedly splashed some €250,000 (HK$2.1 million) on 500 bottles of champagne for revellers at a night club in Monaco.
Shaky internet footage of event that went viral showed waiters carrying dozens of bottles of bubbly with sparklers attached to them as the Russian national anthem blared out in the background.
Kokorin’s club FC Zenit Saint Petersburg said that they had demoted him to the reserves while Mamayev’s team FC Krasnodar announced he would be training with the youth squad. Both players were also fined.


“Unfortunately, Russian footballers often get themselves into scandalous situations because they lack a sense of restraint and culture of how to behave in public places,” Zenit said in a statement.
A Kremlin spokesman said that President Vladimir Putin had heard of the incident and that “God would be the judge” of the players if they were responsible for the party.
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“Of course everyone has heard about this excess, including the president,” spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.
“We have to be very careful and work out to start with whether our footballers paid for this beastliness or someone else.”

The owner of the Twiga nightclub where the two players were seen partying denied that they had ordered the champagne and insisted the pair were out with their wives and did not drink the alcohol.
“There was a private party in Twiga organised by some Russians,” club owner Flavio Briatore wrote on Instagram.
“They recognised Kokorin and Mamayev and as a sign of respect, as they are fans, they started sending them some bottles of champagne and they asked our DJ to play the Russian Anthem”.





Big noise in Russia about @twiga_mc !!! Russian media are pushing to get infos. These 2 guys, Kokorin and Mamaev came for dinner at TWIGA with the wives. After dinner they stayed in the Club to smoke shisha. There was a private party in Twiga organised by some Russians. They recognised Kokorin and Mamaev and as a sign of respect, as they are fans, they started sending them some bottles of champagne and they asked our Dj to play the Russian Anthem . Then other Russian clients wanted also to show their respect and sent to the 2 players other bottles, so Kokorin and Mamaev had the table full of bottles. The funny thing is that the guys are not even drinking alcohol
A photo posted by Flavio Briatore (@briatoreflavio) on Jul 5, 2016 at 8:33am PDT



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Midfielder Pavel Mamayev and forward Alexander Kokorin allegedly splashed some €250,000 (HK$2.1 million) on 500 bottles of champagne at a night club in Monaco
