Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev believes life bans from visiting sports facilities would be a fair punishment for notorious football hooligans.

The behavior of the country’s fans has been discussed during Medvedev’s meeting with his vice-premiers on Monday.  

"Perhaps, for those, who committed crime directly at the stadium, the administrative prohibition should be bigger – up to life time term,” the PM is cited as saying by ITAR-TASS news agency.

Medvedev explained that such bans are a “common measure”, which had already proved their effectiveness in many countries.

Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Kozak, informed the head of the government that the draft of the fans’ law and the rules of behavior inside stadia are currently being prepared for the second reading in the State Duma, with the framework to be ready by the end of January 2013.

"We need a set of balanced legal measures to be rigid enough to those, who come not to watch the game, but to misbehave – and extremely hash for those, who are initially focused on committing crime,” Medvedev stressed.“Ensuring public order and security for the fans and those, who play, it is an absolute priority."

Football hooliganism has once again become a hot topic after Zenit were handed a technical defeat in an away game at Dynamo on November 17.

A flare thrown from the St Pete stands hit Dynamo and Russia goalie Anton Shunin, who couldn’t continue the match and was hospitalized.

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