MOSCOW Russian police on Sunday deployed 10,000 officers for a premier league match between Moscow teams Cska and Spartak to ward off possible violence by fans amid general fears of skinhead attacks on foreigners.

Police sources quoted by the Ria-Novosti news agency said there would be a massive security presence for the afternoon match in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium and surrounding subway stations as well as districts of the city where fans have clashed before.

"Everthying is basically under control. We have alot of officers on duty, there is secret video surveillance in the subway and we are monitoring the fans' websites," a police official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

Moscow law enforcement forces meanwhile are maintaining beefed up security in the Russian capital to prevent racist attacks by groups of skinheads marking Adolf Hitler's birthday, which was Saturday.

No incidents were reported on Saturday according to police, although a witness told AFP that a 20-strong group of skinheads was prevented from attacking a mainly Azerbajani market in southeast Moscow by police officers.

Under the special measures, which began Friday and will last until Monday, police together with Interior Ministry forces are guarding subways, railway stations, airports and shopping centres, a ministry spokesman told Ria-Novosti.

Police are also patrolling near embassies, in public places and other centers where foreigners congregate, such as universities.

The move came amid rising concern after a number of foreign embassies in Moscow received an anonymous E-mail from a group of skinheads threatening to kill all foreigners as a way of celebrating the Nazi leader's birthday on Saturday.

A 35-year-old Afghan man became the latest victim of a wave of xenophobic attacks when he was beaten to death last week by a gang of Russian skinheads in the center of Moscow.