<p>Police are investigating reports that a terrorist attack has been planned for a football match between Russian champions Zenit St. Petersburg and big-spending Anzhi Makhachkala, the interior ministry of the southern region of Dagestan said.</p>.<p>Anzhi and Zenit are scheduled to play Sunday in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan.<br /><br />Earlier Friday, St. Petersburg news agency Rosbalt, citing an unnamed source in the Dagestan police, reported that authorities had received a telephone call about a terrorist attack said to be planned by a Spartak Moscow fan named Rodion.<br /><br />The unknown caller was reportedly based in the city of Vyborg near St. Petersburg and said he had found out about the supposed attack online.<br /><br />"Online media have reported that one of the fans on their way to the capital of Dagestan for the Anzhi-Zenit match is planning to commit a terrorist act," a statement issued by the Dagestan interior ministry said Friday.<br /><br />"This message is being carefully checked by all the operational law enforcement services."<br />No additional safety measures will be taken during the match, the ministry added.<br />Dagestan is one of Russia’s poorest regions and is seen as a hotbed of terrorist activity and the origin of several deadly attacks over the last few years.<br /><br />As recently as May, 14 people were killed and 122 wounded in suicide blasts in Makhachkala.</p>.<p>Militants from the regions were blamed for a double suicide blast on the Moscow subway in 2010 that killed 40 people.<br /><br />In July, UEFA declared Dagestan unfit to hold Europa League matches after Anzhi qualified for the Europa League.<br /><br />Anzhi's players and staff are based near Moscow and only travel to Dagestan for matches.</p>
<p>Police are investigating reports that a terrorist attack has been planned for a football match between Russian champions Zenit St. Petersburg and big-spending Anzhi Makhachkala, the interior ministry of the southern region of Dagestan said.</p>.<p>Anzhi and Zenit are scheduled to play Sunday in Makhachkala, the capital of Dagestan.<br /><br />Earlier Friday, St. Petersburg news agency Rosbalt, citing an unnamed source in the Dagestan police, reported that authorities had received a telephone call about a terrorist attack said to be planned by a Spartak Moscow fan named Rodion.<br /><br />The unknown caller was reportedly based in the city of Vyborg near St. Petersburg and said he had found out about the supposed attack online.<br /><br />"Online media have reported that one of the fans on their way to the capital of Dagestan for the Anzhi-Zenit match is planning to commit a terrorist act," a statement issued by the Dagestan interior ministry said Friday.<br /><br />"This message is being carefully checked by all the operational law enforcement services."<br />No additional safety measures will be taken during the match, the ministry added.<br />Dagestan is one of Russia’s poorest regions and is seen as a hotbed of terrorist activity and the origin of several deadly attacks over the last few years.<br /><br />As recently as May, 14 people were killed and 122 wounded in suicide blasts in Makhachkala.</p>.<p>Militants from the regions were blamed for a double suicide blast on the Moscow subway in 2010 that killed 40 people.<br /><br />In July, UEFA declared Dagestan unfit to hold Europa League matches after Anzhi qualified for the Europa League.<br /><br />Anzhi's players and staff are based near Moscow and only travel to Dagestan for matches.</p>