Ivan Salikhov

Defensive Midfielder - Baltika U21
12 Jun 2028
Monday
Process
51 Edition

The Baltika Sentinel

19 Jul 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Nikolay Titkov 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 Baltika can pretend not to have heard.

Match

No end in sight to Baltika's wait for a win

5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Baltika has to find a result from somewhere.

Market

Kirill Folmer is a Baltika player

The fee is $650.0K, the contract is signed, and the argument about whether he is worth it can begin. Volga drove a hard bargain; time will say who won it.

Market

Makar Ragulin is a Baltika player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Market

Timofey Borodin is a Baltika player again

He left as a boy and has come back still knowing where the away end is. Most signings have to be explained to a town; this one needed a photograph and nothing else.

Match

6 unbeaten for Baltika

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Baltika did not have in the autumn.

Squad

Brayan Gil gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Match

Baltika draw a blank against Arsenal Tula

The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Arsenal Tula defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.

Squad

A first senior shirt for Ivan Salikhov

Every debut is a small story about the future: Ivan Salikhov, 20 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.

In brief

Back issues
12 Edition

The Baltika Sentinel

19 Oct 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Market

Mingiyan Beveev asks to leave Baltika

“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.

Squad

Andrey Mendel says Baltika went back on their word

“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.

Squad

Eldar Ćivić gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

In brief

8 Edition

The Baltika Sentinel

21 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Match

Baltika find a way past Rubin

Rubin made Baltika work for it, but the scoreboard read 3-1 at the end and the table does not ask how.

Squad

Eldar Ćivić gets it from the manager

“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.

Squad

Baltika lose Ivan Salikhov

46 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.

Squad

Maxim Borisko lets one through his hands

A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.

Squad

Alexandr Filin asks for a word with the manager

“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.

Market

Mingiyan Beveev placed on the list

Baltika have made Mingiyan Beveev available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.

In brief