From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 4 goals in 4 appearances for Volna.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
Michalis Patiras is the division's player of the month — 8.05
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 Khimik man on 8.05 with 5 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
Artur Kozyrev is the month's best young player — 7.98
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.98 over the month and 4 goal contributions, from a Volna player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Dec 2028
“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 2028
Michalis Patiras leads the division for assists — 8.05
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a Khimik player marked 8.05, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Market1 Dec 2028
Only the photograph left for Boris Parsegov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Boris Parsegov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Chelyabinsk 2 the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
Highest marks in the league belong to a Khimik man
Michalis Patiras averaged 8.05 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 Dec 2028
3 goals in 4 appearances for Dinamo Barnaul leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
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 2028
3 goals in 3 appearances for Volna, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Dec 2028
Eleven names, chosen against everybody in the division who plays where they play. The Khimik man is one of them on 7.10 from 4 matches, which is a quieter compliment than an award and a harder one to argue with.
Market1 Dec 2028
Weeti Wimmer is free to find somewhere else
“I was told straight, and I would rather have it straight.” The manager at Volna has been clear about where Weeti Wimmer stands, which is more than many ever get.
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From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
The month closes with Daniil Kuznetsov out in front — 4 goals in 4 games, and Rubin 2 have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Marked 7.97 across it, 4 goals and assists between them, and no serious argument from anybody else in the division. Rubin 2 have had the whole benefit of a month somebody else will spend the summer trying to buy.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Krylya Sovetov 2
Alexey Belikov was marked 7.68 and had a hand in 3 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 2028
“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 Nosta, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Nov 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at KDV Tomsk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Emiliano Gil leads the division for assists — 7.62
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 3 of them made by a KDV Tomsk player marked 7.62, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
Highest marks in the league belong to a Rubin 2 man
Daniil Kuznetsov averaged 7.97 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 Nov 2028
4 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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Kirill Mogel up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Dinamo Barnaul — 3 goals from 4 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Nov 2028
2 in 4 for Akron 2. 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 Nov 2028
3 goals in 4 appearances for Krylya Sovetov 2 leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
Market1 Nov 2028
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Dinamo Barnaul, another week without a signature from Anton Petukhov.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Nobody in the division bettered it last month: 5 goals in 5 appearances for Rubin 2.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Daniil Kuznetsov is the division's player of the month — 7.92
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 Rubin 2 man on 7.92 with 7 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Alexey Belikov is the month's best young player — 7.77
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.77 over the month and 4 goal contributions, from a Krylya Sovetov 2 player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Oct 2028
“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 Uralets-TS, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Oct 2028
Rubin 2 say no — this time
The offer from KAMAZ for Nikita Korets 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.
Market1 Oct 2028
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around KDV Tomsk they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
Nobody made more than Emiliano Gil this month
3 assists, 7.95, and a KDV Tomsk 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 2028
Emiliano Gil is the division's best-marked player — 7.95
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. 7.95 across 4 matches for KDV Tomsk.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
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 Oct 2028
3 goals in 5 appearances for Uralets-TS, 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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4 goals in 5 appearances for Krylya Sovetov 2, and a chart that would look very different if two of them had gone in off the post instead of past it.
Scoring charts1 Oct 2028
A productive month at Orenburg 2 — 4 goals from 5 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
The month closes with Daniil Kuznetsov out in front — 4 goals in 4 games, and Rubin 2 have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
Daniil Agureev is the division's player of the month — 7.92
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 Amkar man on 7.92 with 6 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
Artur Kozyrev is the month's best young player — 7.85
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 7.85 over the month and 5 goal contributions, from a Volna player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Sep 2028
Denis Kaikov 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 Volna can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Sep 2028
KDV Tomsk say no — this time
The offer from Arsenal Tula for Daniil Kondrakov 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 2028
Nobody made more than Daniil Agureev this month
5 assists, 7.92, and a Amkar 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.
Market1 Sep 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Nosta is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
Daniil Agureev is the division's best-marked player — 7.92
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. 7.92 across 4 matches for Amkar.
Scoring charts1 Sep 2028
3 goals in 3 appearances for KDV Tomsk leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
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3 goals in 4 appearances for Rubin 2 leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
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3 goals in 4 appearances for Nosta, 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 2028
3 in 4 for Krylya Sovetov 2. 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
The month closes with Daniil Agureev out in front — 4 goals in 3 games, and Amkar have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
Daniil Agureev is the division's player of the month — 8.28
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 Amkar man on 8.28 with 5 goal contributions.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
The division's brightest kid this month plays for Volna
Artur Kozyrev was marked 7.99 and had a hand in 3 goals. Every recruitment department in the country now has a file open, and the club that has him knows exactly what that means.
Market1 Aug 2028
“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 KDV Tomsk, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Aug 2028
The bid was some way short and Rubin 2 did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market1 Aug 2028
Only the photograph left for Boris Parsegov
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Boris Parsegov will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Chelyabinsk 2 the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Market1 Aug 2028
So close: Pavel Popov’s move dies late
The fee was agreed and the flight was looked at — and then the phone stopped ringing. Chelyabinsk moved on, Pavel Popov reports back to Volna, and everybody pretends Monday is just Monday.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
Kirill Burykin leads the division for assists — 7.66
The chart that decides who the scorers ought to be thanking. 2 of them made by a Amkar player marked 7.66, and not one will be in the montage at the end of the season.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
Daniil Agureev is the division's best-marked player — 8.28
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. 8.28 across 3 matches for Amkar.
Scoring charts1 Aug 2028
1 in 3 for Amkar. 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 Aug 2028
2 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 Aug 2028
Ushindi keeps the pressure on
1 goals in 3 appearances for Uralets-TS leave him among the month's leading marksmen.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Jul 2028
“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 Khimik, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Jul 2028
The Pobeda deal is off
Everything was agreed until it was not, and Daniil Kondrakov reports back to KDV Tomsk with a summer to forget. Neither club is saying who walked away from the table.
Market1 Jul 2028
Ilja Popov has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Nosta they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Jun 2028
“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 KDV Tomsk, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market1 Jun 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at KDV Tomsk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 Jun 2028
The Ilja Gruznov talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Khimik know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 May 2028
“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 May 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Rubin 2 is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 May 2028
Daniil Zuev linked with a move away
The name of Daniil Zuev keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Khimik say nothing, which says plenty.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Apr 2028
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what KDV Tomsk can pretend not to have heard.
Market1 Apr 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Krylya Sovetov 2 is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 Apr 2028
“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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Mar 2028
“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 2028
Cherepovets come back empty-handed
The bid was some way short and KDV Tomsk did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Market1 Mar 2028
Only the photograph left for Agdon
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Agdon will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Rubin 2 the goodbyes have quietly begun.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market1 Feb 2028
“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 Feb 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at KDV Tomsk is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Market1 Feb 2028
KDV Tomsk say no — this time
The offer from Spartak Nalchik for Benjamín Córdova 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
The month closes with Nikita Simdyankin out in front — 3 goals in 2 games, and KDV Tomsk have the division's most feared finisher.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
Artur Kozyrev is the month's best young player — 8.03
The award the rest of the division reads as a transfer rumour. 8.03 over the month and 2 goal contributions, from a Volna player whose price has just gone up without anybody at his club doing anything.
Market1 Jan 2028
“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 Uralets-TS, and it is not being withdrawn.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
Nobody made more than Kirill Bogdanets this month
2 assists, 8.26, and a Volna 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.
Market1 Jan 2028
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Rubin 2 is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
Highest marks in the league belong to a Volna man
Kirill Bogdanets averaged 8.26 over 2 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 Jan 2028
Agdon is right behind him
2 goals in 1 appearances for Rubin 2, 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 Veber up among the month's scorers
A productive month at Khimik — 2 goals from 2 appearances, and a place near the top of the charts.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
2 in 2 for Khimik. 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 2028
2 appearances, 1 goals, and a place among the division's leading scorers for the month. Strikers measure a season in exactly these lines.
Scoring charts1 Jan 2028
6.87 over 2 games. Nobody frames a team-of-the-month selection and everybody who has been in one remembers the month they were.
Market1 Jan 2028
“They were honest with me, and I would rather know.” Alexey Grishakov has been informed he is not in the manager's thinking at Dinamo Barnaul.