From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 4 goals in 4 appearances for Fakel.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Fanil Sungatulin is the division's player of the month — 8.14
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 Ural man on 8.14 with 4 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Souleymane Alio is the month's best young player — 7.26
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.26 over the month and 4 goal contributions, from a Ural player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Mar 2027
“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.
Market1 Mar 2027
Volga say no — this time
The offer from Rostov for Yegor Baburin was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Alexandr Selikhov leads the division for assists — 7.98
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Ural player marked 7.98, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
Highest marks in the league belong to a Yenisey man
Alexandr Nadolskiy averaged 8.56 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.
Market1 Mar 2027
The deal that would have taken Mikhail Shtepa to Tyumen has collapsed at the last stage, and he reports back to Chernomorets with a summer to forget and a season still to play. Nobody is saying which side walked away.
Market1 Mar 2027
The phone has started ringing about Ilja Stefanovich again, and this time the name on the line is Dinamo Brest. Shinnik are listening politely and promising nothing.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
3 goals in 4 appearances for Rotor leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
3 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Mar 2027
4 in 4 for Ural. 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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Steady
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
The month closes with Borislav Rupanov out in front — 5 goals in 5 games, and Shinnik have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Miloš Brnović is the division's player of the month — 8.04
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 Tula man on 8.04 with 2 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Neftekhimik
Ivan Bober was marked 7.60 and had a hand in 1 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Feb 2027
Kirill Gotsuk 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 Moscow can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Feb 2027
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Nobody made more than Nikita Chagrov this month
4 assists, 6.19, and a Rotor 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.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
Highest marks in the league belong to a Arsenal Tula man
Edarlyn Reyes averaged 8.14 over 5 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.
Market1 Feb 2027
Ural may not be able to give Léo Cordeiro what he wants
It is the most legitimate ambition in the sport and the hardest for most clubs to satisfy. Léo Cordeiro wants continental football; whether Ural can provide it is a question about the next two seasons, not about him.
Market1 Feb 2027
The phone has started ringing about Ilja Dyatlov again, and this time the name on the line is CSKA Moscow. Rodina are listening politely and promising nothing.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
2 goals in 5 appearances for Chelyabinsk leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
5 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Feb 2027
3 goals in 5 appearances for Spartak Kostroma, 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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Steady
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
The month closes with Gleb Popolitov out in front — 3 goals in 4 games, and Chaika U19 have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
Marked 8.58 across it, 3 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Fakel have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Chaika U19
Gleb Popolitov was marked 8.26 and had a hand in 4 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Jan 2027
“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.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
Nobody made more than Mamadou Camara this month
3 assists, 7.77, and a Spartak Kostroma 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.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
Pavel Kireenko is the division's best-marked player — 8.64
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. 8.64 across 4 matches for Sokol.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
3 goals in 4 appearances for Arsenal Tula, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
3 goals in 4 appearances for Rodina leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
3 in 4 for Fakel. 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.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2027
A productive month at Chelyabinsk — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Market1 Jan 2027
Dilan Ortíz linked with a move away
The name of Dilan Ortíz keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Ufa say nothing, which says plenty.
Market1 Jan 2027
Volga have made Kirill Folmer available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
The month closes with Andrey Mazurin out in front — 3 goals in 4 games, and Yenisey have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Marked 8.53 across it, 3 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Yenisey have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Ruslan Cherviakov is the month's best young player — 7.71
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.71 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Chaika player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Dec 2026
“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.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a Chernomorets player marked 6.23, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Andrey Mazurin is the division's best-marked player — 8.53
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. 8.53 across 4 matches for Yenisey.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
4 appearances, 3 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Reziuan Mirzov up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Arsenal Tula — 2 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
2 in 4 for Chernomorets. 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.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2026
Migran Ageyan up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Ufa — 2 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Market1 Dec 2026
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Belajdi Pusi’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.
Market1 Dec 2026
Shinnik have let the market know Albek Gongapshev can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 4 goals in 5 appearances for Spartak Kostroma.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Marked 8.26 across it, 5 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Spartak Kostroma have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Chaika
Ruslan Cherviakov was marked 7.58 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.
Market1 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Sokol can pretend not to have heard.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Nobody made more than Alexey Kuznetsov this month
5 assists, 6.62, and a SKA Khabarovsk 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.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
Nikita Demchenko is the division's best-marked player — 8.34
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. 8.34 across 5 matches for Spartak Kostroma.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
3 goals in 5 appearances for Spartak Kostroma leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
3 goals in 5 appearances for Arsenal Tula leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
4 goals in 5 appearances for Volga, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2026
3 goals in 5 appearances for Spartak Kostroma leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Market1 Nov 2026
“There is a gap, and pretending there is not helps nobody.” Neither side has moved, and the calendar is working for exactly one of them.
Market1 Nov 2026
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Spartak Kostroma know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
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Steady
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 4 goals in 4 appearances for Arsenal Tula.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Marked 8.10 across it, 3 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Fakel have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Gleb Popolitov is the month's best young player — 7.86
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.86 over the month and 1 goal contributions, from a Chaika U19 player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Oct 2026
“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 Volga, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Oct 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Nobody made more than Darko Todorović this month
3 assists, 7.19, and a Fakel 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.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
Anton Antonov is the division's best-marked player — 8.54
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. 8.54 across 4 matches for Chernomorets.
Market1 Oct 2026
The general version of this complaint is that a player wants more. The specific version names the thing: he wants to walk out under floodlights against clubs from other countries, and he has stopped pretending otherwise.
Market1 Oct 2026
The Baltika deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Nikolay Prisyazhnenko reports back to Neftekhimik with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
4 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
2 goals in 4 appearances for Chernomorets leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2026
3 goals in 4 appearances for Fakel, 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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Steady
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 4 goals in 5 appearances for Yenisey.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Marked 7.99 across it, 2 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. SKA Khabarovsk have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Ruslan Cherviakov is the month's best young player — 8.40
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.40 over the month and 3 goal contributions, from a Chaika player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Sep 2026
“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 Ufa, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Sep 2026
Ural say no — this time
The offer from Pacos de Ferreira for Martin Sekulić was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Artur Anisimov leads the division for assists — 5.85
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 4 of them made by a KAMAZ player marked 5.85, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Highest marks in the league belong to a Chaika man
Ruslan Cherviakov averaged 8.40 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.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
3 goals in 5 appearances for Fakel, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
Amur Kalmykov up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Spartak Kostroma — 3 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
5 appearances, 2 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2026
3 in 4 for Chaika. 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.
Market1 Sep 2026
No place for David Kokoev in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” David Kokoev has his answer from Neftekhimik; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
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Market1 Aug 2026
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Léo Cordeiro has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Ural.
Market1 Aug 2026
11 months to run and not a word offered. A club that lets the calendar negotiate for it usually ends up losing to the calendar.
Market1 Aug 2026
The Dilan Ortíz question follows Ufa around
Every press conference now starts and ends the same way: with Dilan Ortíz’s future. The manager has run out of new ways to say nothing.