Russian President Vladimir Putin’s advisor on human rights has praised Polish police as “well-prepared” and “effective” in countering hooliganism at Euro 2012.

“In my opinion Polish police were well-prepared and acted effectively and efficiently,” Mikhail Fedotov told Poland’s centre-left daily Gazeta Wyborcza in an interview published Thursday.

Fedotov was in the Polish capital Warsaw for the highly-charged June 12 Poland-Russia Euro 2012 1-1 draw marred by pre-match hooligan violence that saw police detain 184 suspects, including 157 Poles and 24 Russians.

He told Gazeta Wyborcza that after the Poland-Russia match he witnessed “this gang attack Russian supporters who were quietly on their way home” but added the Tuesday brawls were just the work of “ordinary street thugs.”

“These hooligans have nothing to do with sports fans - neither the Polish nor anyone else,” he said.

“I see that very many Poles are behaving kindly toward Russians, amicably,” he added.

Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his concern Wednesday over the safety of Russian fans in Poland in a personal phone call to Poland’s Prime Minister Donald Tusk, stressing Poland bore responsibility for the security of foreign fans, his spokesman said.

Fedotov, a professor of law, also told Gazeta Wyborcza that in talks with Poland’s Interior Minister Jacek Cichocki he proposed the two countries play an annual football friendly on June 12, the day of their Euro 2012 match.