The Khimik Gazette
Market16 Nov 2026
Nikita Abramushkin 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 Khimik can pretend not to have heard.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Kirill Gordeev 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 Khimik this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Words at Khimik training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Dmitry Veber 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.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Vyacheslav Khudoklinov 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.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Oleg Trofimov has become a man the manager trusts
Nobody at Khimik will say this on the record and the team sheets have been saying it for weeks. There is a small group in every squad who get picked when the fixture is difficult, and he has joined it.
Looking ahead16 Nov 2026
Sergey Konakov faces his old club
Akron 2 next, and one man in the Khimik dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
Market16 Nov 2026
Nikita Nikiforov linked with a move away
The name of Nikita Nikiforov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Khimik say nothing, which says plenty.
Match16 Nov 2026
Khimik in the hunt for Europe
Position 6, 25 points, and a run-in that decides whether next season has Thursday nights in it. Nobody is calling it a race yet, which is what people say during one.
The dugout16 Nov 2026
Daniil Knyazev knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Khimik, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- Loan watch Nosta cannot leave Nikita Sevostjanov out
- Looking ahead Looking ahead: the trip to Akron 2
- The dugout Artem Shirokov keeps his manager's vote