The Kaluga Courier
Match1 Aug 2026
Nikita Kuzin wins it after the whistle should have gone
96 minutes played. Nikita Kuzin found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Dinamo Vladivostok went from a point to nothing inside one movement.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Both of them Nikita Kuzin's — 8.19
2 goals, and the second was the one that settled it. Marked 8.19, and he could have had a third with better luck at the near post.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Artem Kuzmin pops up at the right end — 7.26
7.26, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.
Match1 Aug 2026
Kaluga see off Dinamo Vladivostok
Three points for Kaluga, 5‑4 the final word against Dinamo Vladivostok in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Daud Daliev signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Daud Daliev commits to Kaluga for another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ilja Grischenko 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 Kaluga this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
Kaluga supporters have found a favourite in Nikita Kuzin
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Nikita Kuzin 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
Druzhba watching Bogdan Boldyrev
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Kaluga have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
One of those days for Sergey Iljin
There is a version of this player everybody suspected was in there, and on this evidence it is. 8.51, and no argument anywhere in the ground.
In brief
- The terraces Kaluga's travelling support get something back at Dinamo Vladivostok
- Market Talks stall between Kaluga and Daud Daliev
- Market 49 months and counting on Ilja Grischenko