England scored seven tries through Andy Saull, Nick Abendanon, Luke Narraway, Tom Varndell (2), Micky Young and Stephen Myler. Fly-half Myler kicked the rest of the points with seven conversions.
Saxons head coach Stuart Lancaster said: “I’m really pleased with that result. We had one or two errors which let Russia into the match but on the whole it was a good performance under tough conditions.”
Meanwhile, England Under-20s continued their winning start to the IRB Junior World Championships with a 36-21 win over Ireland Under-20s in Rosario.
Tigers centre Andrew Forsyth started the game while teammates Calum Green and Sam Harrison came on as second-half replacements.
England ran in three tries through Freddie Burns (2) and Jamie Gibson. Full-back Tom Homer kicked the rest of the points with three conversions and five penalties.
England
15 Nick Abendanon (Bath Rugby)
14 James Simpson-Daniel (Gloucester Rugby)
13 Jon Clarke (Northampton Saints)
12 Anthony Allen (Leicester Tigers)
11 Tom Varndell (London Wasps)
10 Stephen Myler (Northampton Saints)
9 Micky Young (Newcastle Falcons)
1 Nick Wood (Gloucester Rugby)
2 Rob Vickers (Newcastle Falcons)
3 Duncan Bell (Bath Rugby)
4 Graham Kitchener (Worcester Warriors)
5 George Skivington (captain, London Wasps)
6 Tom Wood (Worcester Warriors)
7 Andy Saull (Saracens)
8 Luke Narraway (Gloucester Rugby)
Replacements
16 Andy Titterrell (Leeds Carnegie)
17 Alex Corbiserio (London Irish)
18 Nathan Catt (Bath Rugby)
19 Kearnan Myall (Leeds Carnegie)
20 Lee Dickson (Northampton Saints)
21 Brad Barritt (Saracens)
22 Alex Goode (Saracens)
