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More than 10,000 Three Lions fans are expected to make the journey to Russia despite mounting threats.

Terrorist attacks, the diplomatic fallout from the Russian spy poisoning and rampaging Russian Ultra hooligans all pose a serious risk to the travelling fans.

And now, cops have warned Brits not to display the St George’s Cross or sing songs at the competition.

They believe any provocative act could trigger a violent reaction.

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Mark Roberts, the deputy chief constable of South Yorkshire police, who is in charge of security for the England fans at the tournament, said there was “very strong nationalistic, patriotic sense running throughout society which is firmly, at least ostensibly, behind President [Vladimir Putin]”.

He warned that while often fans may sing provocative songs about the war in Germany and dismiss it as merely “banter,” saying it’s just a laugh, in Russia it won’t be perceived that way.

Over unfurling flags in public, he told the Sun: “The fact of the matter is you are bringing increased attention and risk on yourself.”

Brits who run into any trouble will also very likely face problems getting diplomatic help from the British embassy after staff were kicked out of the country in retaliation for Britain reducing the number of Russian staff here over the nerve agent attack on Sergei Skripa and his daughter Yulia.

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Britain’s football officials were among the 23 diplomatic staff forced to leave Moscow.

English fans purchased a total of 28,000 tickets for World Cup matches before tensions worsened between Putin and the West.

There is also the threat of Russian hooligans promising to hunt down English fans in the streets and even “kill”.

Football hooligans from CSKA Moscow, FC Zenit Saint Petersburg and FC Spartak Moscow’s firms are joining together to take on rival countries in violent street wars during the World Cup.

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Scenes got extremely bloody at the Euro 2016 competition, when sets of fans from England and Russia clashed, leaving many in piles on the floor to be helped by medics.

There is hope for fans yet, as President Trump and Vladimir Putin plan to meet later this month at the White House, which could prove to bring about a resolution ahead of the event.

But there are fears that hooligans have already drawn the battle lines, with both sides feeling they have a point to prove after the Euros.

England kick off their 2018 campaign against Tunisia in Volgograd on June 18.