England overpowered Russia with a 17-try victory in their opening European Nations Cup match in Moscow. England romped to a 46-0 lead at half-time and were 98-0 up when Russia finally scored in the 79th minute.
Hull's Gareth Raynor and Salford's Andy Coley both notched hat-tricks, and Lee Greenwood, Luke Robinson and Ben Westwood all touched down twice.
The other tries came from Wayne Godwin, Kirk Yeaman, Eorl Crabtree, Richard Whiting and Stuart Jones.
Godwin finished with a personal haul of 34 points after kicking 15 of his 17 conversion attempts.
Karl Harrison's team also had four tries disallowed as they missed out on beating their record 102-0 victory over the Russians at Bradford a year ago.
England, who fly to Paris on Monday to prepare for Saturday's group decider with France in Avignon, emerged injury free from a match played on artificial grass.
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