The Yenisey 2 Courier
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A defender's goal wins it for Yenisey 2 — 7.14
1 for Bogdan Ruppel, marked 7.14, and a centre-half's name in the part of the report he normally only reaches by mistake. He will not be allowed to forget it in the dressing room for a month.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Ivan Oborocha signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ivan Oborocha and Yenisey 2 agree another 4 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Yenisey 2
Ivan Lapitskiy 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Yenisey 2 come up short against Saturn
Saturn left with the points after a 1‑3 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Arseny Chulkov
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Arseny Chulkov, and the manager let it.
Market3 Aug 2026
Talks stall between Yenisey 2 and Ivan Oborocha
“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.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Nikita Semak faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Nikita Semak after 1‑3, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
5 new faces, and Yenisey 2 are still learning each other
A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Ivan Lapitskiy 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 Yenisey 2, and both men came out saying it was fine.
In brief
- The dugout Ivan Oborocha unhappy with how he is being used
- Player ratings Ivan Lapitskiy was unplayable
- Squad Andrey Ostrovskiy remains an outsider