Russia’s Interior Ministry has ordered the Russian Football Premier League to cancel Moscow matches that would coincide with March's presidential election.

­Though the were no games scheduled for Election Day, March 4, security officials want to leave fans without football on March 3 and 5 as well.

The request is explained by the fact that police have to guard over 94.000 polling stations across Russia – beginning on March 3 until the vote count is completed on March 5.

That means there won't be enough personnel available to provide security during the football games in the capital.

There were four clashes to take place in Moscow on Match day 33, with Lokomotiv playing Kuban, Spartak hosting Rubin Kazan, Dynamo taking on Anzhi and CSKA facing Zenit Saint Petersburg in the clash of the table toppers.

"The changes in the match day’s schedule are now being discussed,” Aleksandr Meytin, the Premier League’s chief security officer, told Izvestia. “Of course, we want to make it easier for the police. After all, the people are involved in protecting the polling stations. The decision will be made at a meeting next week. But we have two games which we can’t move anywhere, as the teams are involved in European competitions."

The head of the Interior Ministry’s Mass Events Department, Sergey Borisov, says the League’s problems are not his priority.

The police boss suggested that if the games can’t be rescheduled, then “they should be played without spectators.”