Sorry, not buying it for a minute. If anything the russian fans retreated to group. Russian hooligans have trained for this for months, a few pissed up fat men aren't going to scare them off.
Even with all the reports of being attacked by locals and Russians you still manage to pin some of the blame on the English. Respected bbc reporters have said bottles were needed for defence and the French police allowed the attacks to happen for a good five minutes. For once I actually thnk...