French police have arrested at least 36 people following clashes with football fans in Lille.
On several occasions police charged crowds of chanting supporters, and red flares were let off amid a tense stand-off with officers.
The clashes followed the conclusion of Russia's match against Slovakia and come ahead of the England and Wales match to be played in nearby Lens later on Thursday.
Three Russian football supporters have been jailed for two years over the Euro 2016 violence in Marseille.
Among the three men, charged with inciting violence on June 11 ahead of the England-Russia game, was Alexi Erunov, the director for fan relations at Lokomotiv Moscow club.
Filmed footage posted online showed Erunov shouting and gesturing as well as carrying out acts of violence. He denied the charges but was sentenced to two years.
Dynamo Moscow fan Nikolai Morozov received a 12-month sentence and Sergei Gorbachev, the director of a construction company in the central Russian city of Tula, received 18 months.
All three also face a two-year ban from France upon release.
Authorities said 20 Russian men are to be deported from France next week for their role in the violence that has marred the first week of Euro 2016.
New footage has emerged appearing to show England fans in Lyon being attacked by a gang thought to be so-called "ultras".
Police have called violence at the European Championships in Lille "appalling" and "absolutely vile".