Daniil Kleiner

Right Back - Torpedo Vladimir
23 Nov 2026
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Process

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16 Edition

The Torpedo Vladimir Sentinel

16 Nov 2026
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

9 matches without a win for Torpedo Vladimir

The run now stands at 9, and the questions being asked around Torpedo Vladimir are no longer polite ones.

Squad

Daniil Kleiner: that is not what I was promised

“Things were said to me before I signed. I am not going to repeat them, but I remember all of them.” Torpedo Vladimir have not answered, which is an answer of sorts.

Squad

Tempers go at Torpedo Vladimir

Konstantin Popov 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.

Match

6 unbeaten for Torpedo Vladimir

Hard to beat is not the same as winning, but 6 matches without defeat is a foundation Torpedo Vladimir did not have in the autumn.

Match

The goals have deserted Torpedo Vladimir

3 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Torpedo Vladimir can tell you which week it ends in.

Squad

Nikita Kolganov 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.

Squad

The manager makes an example of Stanislav Utkin

“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.

Match

Torpedo Vladimir and Zenit 2 cancel each other out

Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Zenit 2 came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.

Market

The Alexandr Komissarov story refuses to die

It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Alexandr Komissarov signs something — a contract at Torpedo Vladimir or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.

In brief

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6 Edition

The Torpedo Vladimir Sentinel

7 Sep 2026
From our football correspondent Crisis

Market

Nikita Kolganov 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 Torpedo Vladimir, and it is not being withdrawn.

Player ratings

Nobody could get near Konstantin Popov

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

Market

Business is business: Vladislav Kostryukov goes

Zenit Penza paid $24.0K and Torpedo Vladimir took it, which is the whole story in one sentence. The longer version involves a wage budget and will be told all season.

Market

Roman Mikheev moves on

Legion pay $7.0K, and the deal is done. The number reads well on a balance sheet; whether it reads well on the pitch is next season's question.

Squad

Nikita Kolganov 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.

Match

Cherepovets take the points off Torpedo Vladimir

Beaten 0‑1, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.

In brief