The Lokomotiv Gomel Herald
Squad7 Dec 2026
Tempers go at Lokomotiv Gomel
Nikita Kukhtik 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.
Squad7 Dec 2026
Words at Lokomotiv Gomel training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Danil Maltsev 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 dugout7 Dec 2026
A door opens for Nikita Kukhtik
He asked about his future and was given an answer with minutes in it. The manager has now made a promise in a building where promises are remembered, and the clock on it has started.
Market7 Dec 2026
The shop window has Yuri Martynovich in it
Lokomotiv Gomel have let the market know Yuri Martynovich can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
The dugout7 Dec 2026
Mikita Hleb 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 Lokomotiv Gomel, and both men came out saying it was fine.
Market7 Dec 2026
The Anton Laptev talk will not go away
Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Lokomotiv Gomel know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.
In brief
- Squad Extra work for Evgeny Mamonov at Lokomotiv Gomel
- The dugout The manager comes out for Alexey Timofeyev
- Squad Valery Stasevich back in training