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The Highest League Herald

1 Aug 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Yegor Kortsov

The month closes with Yegor Kortsov out in front — 10 goals in 5 games, and Arsenal Dzerzhinsk have the division's most feared finisher.

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Yegor Kortsov is the division's player of the month — 8.80

A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Arsenal Dzerzhinsk man on 8.80 with 10 goal contributions.

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Terms done: Alexandr Svirskiy is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Slavia Mozyr waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Isloch is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

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Young player of the month: Mark Mokin — 7.80

7.80 across the month and 5 goal contributions from a Arsenal Dzerzhinsk player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.

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Alexandr Lomovitskiy hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Torpedo-BelAZ can pretend not to have heard.

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Dinamo Brest come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Torpedo-BelAZ did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

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Nikita Kukhtik has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Niva they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

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Nobody made more than Mark Mokin this month

4 assists, 7.80, and a Arsenal Dzerzhinsk player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Highest marks in the league belong to a Smorgon man

Dmitry Vorobjov averaged 9.29 over 3 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.

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Vladimir Obukhov is right behind him

5 goals in 5 appearances for BATE, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Still scoring: Dmitry Vorobjov

8 in 3 for Smorgon. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Guljigit Alykulov up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Dinamo Minsk — 5 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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12 Edition

The Highest League Herald

1 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Dmitry Radikovskiy is the division’s leading scorer

6 goals in 4 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Neman have the man every defence in the division is planning around.

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The month belonged to Dmitry Radikovskiy

Marked 8.30 across it, 7 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Neman have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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Danila Sokol agrees terms with Molodechno

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around BATE people have started saying his name in the past tense.

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Young player of the month: Dzmitry Korzun — 7.30

7.30 across the month and 2 goal contributions from a Gomel player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.

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Andrey Yakimov hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Neman can pretend not to have heard.

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Only the photograph left for Ilya Rabeshko

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Ilya Rabeshko will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Niva the goodbyes have quietly begun.

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Anton Kovalev leads the division for assists — 7.46

The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Fakel player marked 7.46, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.

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Oleg Kovalev turns Osipovichi down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

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Viktar Sivakov is the division's best-marked player — 8.48

The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.48 across 3 matches for BATE.

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Omran Haydary keeps the pressure on

3 goals in 4 appearances for Slutsk leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

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Yegor Kortsov up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Arsenal Dzerzhinsk — 4 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Guljigit Alykulov keeps the pressure on

3 goals in 3 appearances for Dinamo Minsk leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

11 Edition

The Highest League Herald

1 Jun 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Egor Karpitskiy

The month closes with Egor Karpitskiy out in front — 8 goals in 5 games, and Dnepr Mogilev have the division's most feared finisher.

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Egor Karpitskiy is the division's player of the month — 8.40

A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Dnepr Mogilev man on 8.40 with 10 goal contributions.

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Young player of the month: Timofey Simanenka — 7.89

7.89 across the month and 5 goal contributions from a Gomel player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.

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Yevhen Protasov puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Vitebsk, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Maxim Klunok is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Niva is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

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Nobody made more than Arseniy Achapovskiy this month

5 assists, 7.38, and a Gomel player who spent four weekends being the reason somebody else's name went in the paper. It is the least-rewarded skill in football and the easiest one to notice its absence.

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Egor Karpitskiy is the division's best-marked player — 8.40

The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 8.40 across 5 matches for Dnepr Mogilev.

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Omran Haydary is right behind him

4 goals in 5 appearances for Slutsk, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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Dmitry Vorobjov makes the list

4 appearances, 5 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Denis M. Kovalevich up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Dinamo Brest — 3 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Timofey Simanenka is right behind him

5 goals in 4 appearances for Gomel, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.

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No place for Vladislav Vasiljev in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Vladislav Vasiljev has his answer from Arsenal Dzerzhinsk; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

10 Edition

The Highest League Herald

1 May 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Artem Stankevich is the division’s leading scorer

5 goals in 4 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Smorgon have the man every defence in the division is planning around.

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The month belonged to Dmitry Vorobjov

Marked 8.47 across it, 9 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Smorgon have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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Young player of the month: Artem Stankevich — 8.06

8.06 across the month and 7 goal contributions from a Smorgon player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.

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Dmitriy Sibilev puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Niva, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Alexandr Chizh is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Niva is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

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The division’s top provider is Dmitry Vorobjov — 8.47

5 assists across the month from a Smorgon player marked 8.47. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.

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Highest marks in the league belong to a Smorgon man

Dmitry Vorobjov averaged 8.47 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.

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Still scoring: Mikhail Gordeychuk

4 in 4 for BATE. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Yegor Kortsov makes the list

4 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Steven Alfred makes the list

3 appearances, 4 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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A place in the eleven for Mikhail Kozakevich

6.76 over 4 games. Nobody frames a team-of-the-month selection and everybody who has been in one remembers the month they were.

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No place for Pavel Vakulich in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Pavel Vakulich has his answer from Niva; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

9 Edition

The Highest League Herald

1 Apr 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Nobody scored more than Dmitry Vorobjov

The month closes with Dmitry Vorobjov out in front — 6 goals in 4 games, and Smorgon have the division's most feared finisher.

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The month belonged to Dmitry Vorobjov

Marked 8.60 across it, 6 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Smorgon have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Dinamo Brest

Egor Khralenkov was marked 6.94 and had a hand in 2 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Moustapha Djimet says no to Obolon

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Moustapha Djimet had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

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Only the photograph left for Nikita Kukhtik

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Nikita Kukhtik will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Niva the goodbyes have quietly begun.

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The division’s top provider is Vladislav Kabachevskiy — 7.04

3 assists across the month from a Smorgon player marked 7.04. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.

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So close: Andrey Yakimov’s move dies late

The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Osipovichi moved on, Andrey Yakimov reports back to Neman, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.

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Alexandr Lomovitskiy hands in a written request

“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Torpedo-BelAZ can pretend not to have heard.

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Highest marks in the league belong to a Smorgon man

Dmitry Vorobjov averaged 8.60 over 4 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.

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Vladimir Khvaschinskiy makes the list

3 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

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Still scoring: Vladimir Obukhov

3 in 3 for Dinamo Minsk. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Guljigit Alykulov keeps the pressure on

4 goals in 3 appearances for Dinamo Minsk leave him among the month's leading marksmen.

8 Edition

The Highest League Herald

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Andrey Yakimov agrees terms with Osipovichi

The clubs have settled the fee and he has settled his wages. What remains is a medical and a photograph, and around Neman people have started saying his name in the past tense.

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BATE come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Slavia Mozyr did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

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Danila Sokol puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at BATE, and it is not being withdrawn.

7 Edition

The Highest League Herald

1 Feb 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Kirill Premudrov says no to Osipovichi

“I listened, I thought about it, and I am staying. That is the whole story.” The clubs had agreed a fee. Kirill Premudrov had not agreed to go, which turned out to be the part that mattered.

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Dnepr Mogilev turn down BATE for Kirill Tsepenkov

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

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Terms done: Alexandr Svirskiy is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Molodechno waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Isloch is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

6 Edition

The Highest League Herald

1 Jan 2027
From our football correspondent Steady

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Yevhen Protasov puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Vitebsk, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Nikita Bylinkin is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Slutsk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

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Talks stall between Smorgon and Alexandr Naumovich

“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.

5 Edition

The Highest League Herald

1 Dec 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Dmitriy Sibilev puts it in writing

“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Niva, and it is not being withdrawn.

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Mikhail Gordeychuk is on his way

The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Niva is pretending he will be back in the shirt.

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No place for Evgeniy Barsukov in the plan

“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Evgeniy Barsukov has his answer from Gomel; what he does with it is the next window’s story.

4 Edition

The Highest League Herald

1 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Denis Sadovskiy asks to leave Arsenal Dzerzhinsk

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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Only the photograph left for Artem Tolkin

Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Artem Tolkin will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Slutsk the goodbyes have quietly begun.

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Andrey Yakimov is free to find somewhere else

“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Neman has been clear about where Andrey Yakimov stands, which is more than many ever get.

3 Edition

The Highest League Herald

1 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Dmitry Vorobjov is the division’s leading scorer

6 goals in 3 games, and nobody else in the league close to it. Smorgon have the man every defence in the division is planning around.

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Dmitry Vorobjov is the division's player of the month — 9.07

A club's paper reports this as one of its own being honoured. On this page it is what it actually is: a verdict on everybody who played, and it went to a Smorgon man on 9.07 with 7 goal contributions.

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Young player of the month: Artem Stankevich — 7.47

7.47 across the month and 4 goal contributions from a Smorgon player everybody else in the division now has a file on. His price rose this month without anybody at his club lifting a finger.

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Vladislav Fedosov has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Slutsk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

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Kirill Premudrov asks to leave Torpedo-BelAZ

“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.

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Terms done: Kirill Shikavka is going

Fee agreed, wages agreed, and Orsha waiting with a shirt. Nobody at Neman is pretending otherwise, and the supporters have stopped asking whether and started asking when.

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Vladislav Fedosov leads the division for assists — 7.23

The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Slutsk player marked 7.23, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.

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Gomel come back empty-handed

The bid was some way short and Smorgon did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.

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Dmitry Vorobjov is the division's best-marked player — 9.07

The chart that catches everybody a goal tally never will: the centre-half who was immense for four weekends, the holding midfielder nobody outside his own ground has heard of. 9.07 across 3 matches for Smorgon.

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Vladislav Fedosov up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Slutsk — 2 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Alexandr Butko up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Isloch — 3 goals from 3 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Kirill Leonovich makes the list

4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.

2 Edition

The Highest League Herald

1 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

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Yuriy Kovalev tops the scoring charts

Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 4 goals in 5 appearances for BATE.

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The month belonged to Yuriy Kovalev

Marked 7.81 across it, 5 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. BATE have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.

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The division's brightest kid this month plays for Arsenal Dzerzhinsk

Mark Mokin was marked 7.13 and had a hand in 2 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.

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Moustapha Djimet turns AGMK down

“It was not right for me. I am not going to explain why to anybody except the people I owe an explanation to.” A deal agreed between two clubs, and a player who declined to be part of it.

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Evgeniy Novykh has said yes to Neman

The last thing about a transfer that is still about the player is his signature on his own terms, and it is there. Vitebsk have lost him in all but the paperwork.

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Gomel turn down Ordabasy for Stanislav Kleschuk

The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.

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Vladislav Sychev has one foot out of the door

Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Slutsk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.

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The division’s top provider is Jean Charles Yao — 7.73

2 assists across the month from a BATE player marked 7.73. Somebody has to open the door before anybody walks through it, and nobody in the league opened more.

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Highest marks in the league belong to a Smorgon man

Dmitry Vorobjov averaged 8.25 over 3 appearances. Nothing about that will trend, and anybody who watched all four games would tell you it was the most accurate thing on this page.

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Jean Charles Yao up among the month's scorers

A productive month at BATE — 3 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.

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Still scoring: Evgeniy Shevchenko

4 in 5 for Slavia Mozyr. Nobody outside his own ground is talking about him, which tends to be true of everybody on this list except the man at the top of it.

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Vladislav Fedosov up among the month's scorers

A productive month at Slutsk — 4 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.