The Dinamo Kirov Gazette
Market17 Aug 2026
Timur Bulatsev 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 The request is on a desk at Dinamo Kirov, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market17 Aug 2026
Salyut join the queue for Vladimir Zadiraka
Add another name to the list: Salyut have asked the question everybody in the game has been asking about Vladimir Zadiraka. The answer from Dinamo Kirov has not changed — yet.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Andrey Malykh falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Vladimir Zadiraka 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 Dinamo Kirov this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match15 Aug 2026
Mashuk take the points off Dinamo Kirov
Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
No hiding place for Vladimir Zadiraka
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Vladimir Zadiraka, and the manager let it.
The dugout17 Aug 2026
Luka Lukin faces the questions
“We were not good enough today and I am not going to dress it up.” Luka Lukin after 0‑1, in the tone of a man who knows the next question and does not intend to answer it.
Looking ahead17 Aug 2026
Ismail Dibirov faces his old club
Alania next, and one man in the Dinamo Kirov dressing room knows their training ground better than his own. The reception will tell him what they thought of him.
Squad17 Aug 2026
A first senior shirt for Luka Shilov
Every debut is a small story about the future: Luka Shilov, 14 years old, off the academy pitches and into the first team. The parents in the stand will keep the programme.
In brief
- Player ratings Evgeny Pesikov runs at them all day
- The dugout The plan did not have a place for Alexandr Mironov
- Squad The room hears from Evgeny Pesikov