The 29 year-old Brazilian was seen blowing kisses towards the home fans in injury time and he later explained why he decided to make the gesture.
“Unfortunately, the same things are happening - racism in the stands,” he said. “I won’t pay any attention to this, as I have already talked about this.
“Therefore, I will continue to blow kisses and answer them with the way I play on the pitch. These things don’t even deserve to be discussed.”
It is not the first time Hulk complained of racist abuse this year. In March, during a match with Torpedo Moscow he was racially abused by the home fans. The side from the Russian capital were sanctioned and made to play two matches behind closed doors.
Hulk has also said racist comments are made by fans at almost every match played in Russia and he feared racism could mar the 2018 World Cup finals in the country.
In the opening match of the 2015-16 championship in July, Ufa’s Emmanuel Frimpong accused a section of the Spartak supporters of shouting racial abuse in his direction. The incident against the Ghanaian was investigated by the Russian Football Union (RFU) but they did not find any evidence to take action against the side.
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