Dmitry Belov

Right Midfielder - Astrakhan
13 Mar 2027
Saturday
Process

Marked for Dmitry Belov

31 Edition

The Astrakhan Herald

1 Mar 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Pedro Dinis puts it in writing

“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 The request is on a desk at Astrakhan, and it is not being withdrawn.

Squad

Vitaliy Tkachuk 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 Astrakhan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

Loan watch

Sergey Dmitriev wants to come home

“I did not go to Kvant to sit and watch. I want to come back to Astrakhan and fight for my place.” 0 appearances in 24 matches say the rest.

Squad

Words at Astrakhan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Pacho 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Pacho

“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.

Squad

Pedro Dinis knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Pedro Dinis trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

In brief

Back issues
4 Edition

The Astrakhan Herald

24 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

The small margins put Astrakhan out

Out, 0‑1 to Mashuk, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.

Match

Mark Polushin wins it after the whistle should have gone

90 minutes played. Mark Polushin found the finish in time that only existed because of earlier delays, and Kuban Holding went from a point to nothing inside one movement.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Dmitry Shilov

Successful dribbles: 28. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Dmitry Belov 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 Astrakhan can pretend not to have heard.

Market

SKA Khabarovsk are about to pick up the phone

A conversation is coming this week. Astrakhan will put a number on him, and from there it stops being football and becomes arithmetic.

Squad

Aly Tagiev 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 Astrakhan this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.

The terraces

Astrakhan supporters have found a favourite in Mark Polushin

There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 23-year-old it feels ownership of. Mark Polushin 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.

Match

Mark Polushin sends Astrakhan past Kuban Holding

It finished 1‑0, and it was Mark Polushin’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Astrakhan.

Market

Talks stall between Astrakhan and Arthur Nascimento

“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.

In brief

1 Edition

The Astrakhan Herald

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Market

Semyon Radostev 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 Astrakhan can pretend not to have heard.

Squad

Alexandr Bolonin signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Alexandr Bolonin and Astrakhan agree another 1 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Astrakhan

Kirill Pluzhnikov was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Dmitry Shilov

Successful dribbles: 17. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Market

Still no ink between Astrakhan and Valentin Grishin

“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Astrakhan, another week without a signature from Valentin Grishin.

Squad

Words at Astrakhan training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Renat Malomusov 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.

Player ratings

The afternoon belonged to Semyon Radostev

A mark of 7.39, and nobody in the ground would argue with it. He was involved in everything that mattered and most of what did not.

Squad

Valentin Grishin knocks on the manager’s door

“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Valentin Grishin trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.

Market

49 months and counting on Fedor Galochkin

Still no offer on the table, and Fedor Galochkin’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.

In brief