The head of the Russian football supporters’ association is among 20 Russian fans being deported from Euro 2016 by the French authorities, according to media reports.

Alexander Shprygin was among 43 Russian fans detained by police in southern France on Tuesday after violence marred Russia’s match against England in Marseille on Saturday.

The Guardian revealed on Monday that the Fare network – which is used by football’s European governing body UEFA to monitor discrimination within stadiums – had concerns about Shprygin’s racist views and far-right affiliations. He has previously been photographed performing a Nazi salute.

“The delegation of the Union of Russian Fans, whose bus was stopped on 14 June on the way from Marseille to Lille, spent more than a day under arrest. Twenty people were later released and 20 others, including URF head Alexander Shprygin, were taken to a deportation centre from where they will be expelled from France within five days,” the Union of Russian Fans said on its website on Thursday.

“France’s authorities said they have taken this decision due to security considerations as they see a potential threat in these people. No other reasons have been provided.”

Earlier, Russia was warned by UEFA that they would be disqualified from the tournament if there was any more crowd trouble in the stadium.

Russian authorities have accused France of failing to curtail clashes between fans in Marseille and have stressed that England supporters were also to blame.

– with other agencies