The Dinamo Kirov Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
Evgeny Pesikov damages knee ligaments — 139 days out
The words a physio says slowly. 139 days is what the club will announce and everybody who has heard this diagnosis before knows the number is the least of it: the knee comes back before the player does.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Matvey Martinkevich runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 39. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market3 Aug 2026
Vladimir Zadiraka 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 Dinamo Kirov can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Aug 2026
8 seasons of Maxim Lauk
250 appearances across 8 seasons in these colours. Careers like that are not built any more, and Dinamo Kirov know what they have.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Andrey Malykh signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Andrey Malykh and Dinamo Kirov agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Dinamo Kirov
Vladimir Zadiraka 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
Veles take the points off Dinamo Kirov
Beaten 0‑2, and beaten fairly. The manager kept his words short afterwards, which was probably wise.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Dinamo Kirov and Andrey Malykh
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Dinamo Kirov, another week without a signature from Andrey Malykh.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Evgeny Pesikov's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
In brief
- Market No place for Artem Smoroda in the plan
- Player ratings Artem Philippov spends the afternoon fouling