Russian Prime Minister, Vladimir Putin has told a group of football fans that they deserve free flights to attend Euro 2012 held in Ukraine and Poland this summer.

He named Russia’s two biggest airlines Aeroflot and Transaero should happily arrnage one or two aircraft to carry fans free of charge to the games and believes that the advertising that would come with the generous offer would outweigh the cost of the free transport.

Whilst Russians could be enjoying free travel to the games English fans are set to experience hiked flight prices and pay over the odds for England tickets – as usual.