The Arsenal Dzerzhinsk Chronicle
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A brace, and Mark Mokin takes the afternoon — 8.89
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Mark Mokin provided it, and the 8.89 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Denis Polyakov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Denis Polyakov and Arsenal Dzerzhinsk agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Denis Polyakov in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Arsenal Dzerzhinsk this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk supporters have found a favourite in Mark Mokin
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 20-year-old it feels ownership of. Mark Mokin has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Match1 Aug 2026
Arsenal Dzerzhinsk get the job done against Slavia Mozyr
A 2‑0 win over Slavia Mozyr, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Arsenal Dzerzhinsk training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vladislav Vasiljev is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Squad3 Aug 2026
No place for Nikolay Leshkevich in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Arsenal Dzerzhinsk are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
Market3 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Arsenal Dzerzhinsk and Nikolay Leshkevich
“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.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Yuriy Lovets's contract
36 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
In brief
- Player ratings Nikolay Sotnikov was unplayable
- Transfer targets A loan move for Motiejus Burba is in the works
- Transfer targets A loan move for Mantas Slavickas is in the works