Russia has issued a travel advisory to its citizens not to travel to the UK following the outbreak of H1N1 virus across the country.

Russian football fans, estimated in the thousands, are expected to attend the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on Sunday for a FIFA World Cup European Qualifying match.  Russian health authorities have branded the circumstance as “completely inappropriate”.

Gennadi Onishchenko, Russia’s chief public health official said: “We will be dissuading our countrymen who express a willingness to travel there. This is absolutely unnecessary and inappropriate at the time of a flu epidemic.

“The liberalism that Britain and other European countries are demonstrating is absolutely inappropriate in the circumstances.”

Britain has been viewed as highly irresponsible for continuing to allow major sporting events in spite of the outbreak.

The UK has become the centre of the world for the outbreak of swine flu in the past few weeks, with almost 12,000 confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus, and 31 deaths.

It is believed that the actual number of cases may be much higher, closer to 100,000 a week suspected cross the nation.

Britain is one of the worst countries affected by the virus, which has spread to over 160 countries.

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