Marked for Andrei Kislyak
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
The dugout26 Oct 2026
“I was told what my role would be, and I signed on that basis. It has not happened.” A grievance with a date attached is the hardest kind to settle.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Andrei Kislyak out for 16 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Molodechno will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Pavel Pampukha and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A row about effort at Molodechno
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Yassine Bara was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
Squad26 Oct 2026
The medical room confirms 44 days on the sidelines for Bogdan Levchenko, and a plan built around him now has to be rebuilt.
The dugout26 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Egor Imeryakov
“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.
Back issues
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Uneasy
Squad19 Oct 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 23 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market19 Oct 2026
Ruslan Bagaev 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 Molodechno can pretend not to have heard.
Squad19 Oct 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Molodechno this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
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Uneasy
Squad12 Oct 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 30 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Market12 Oct 2026
“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 The request is on a desk at Molodechno, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Pavel Pampukha 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.
Market12 Oct 2026
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Valery Hryshyn has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Gleb Guletskiy and Molodechno agree another 4 years.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Words at Molodechno training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Oleg Petrovskiy 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.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
The terraces5 Oct 2026
Supporters organise against the Molodechno board
A bad atmosphere can be waited out. A group of people meeting afterwards to decide what to do about it cannot, and everybody in the building knows which stage this is.
Squad5 Oct 2026
A fracture rules Andrei Kislyak out for 38 days
Bones knit. That is the one merciful thing about this injury and the reason Molodechno will talk about it more openly than they would about a knee. He will be back, and roughly when they say.
Market5 Oct 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Molodechno can pretend not to have heard.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Pavel Pampukha and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Words at Molodechno training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Yassine Bara 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 dugout5 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Too much change too quickly at Molodechno
19 signings in three months. Every one of them may be an upgrade and the team can still be worse for a while, which is the part of a rebuild that never appears in the transfer-window verdicts.
The dugout5 Oct 2026
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.
Market5 Oct 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Arseniy Yushkevich may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
In brief
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The dugout
Oleg Diva knocks on the manager’s door
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The dugout
Ilya Koval keeps his manager's vote
From our football correspondent
Crisis
Match26 Sep 2026
Beaten 1‑5 by Naftan, and beaten everywhere it matters. The inquest starts on the training pitch on Monday morning.
Player ratings28 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 34. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Match26 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Molodechno's wait for a win
9 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Molodechno has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad28 Sep 2026
45 days out for Andrei Kislyak after a fracture
A bone, which is the one injury with a calendar attached. Molodechno will name a return date and, unusually for this business, will probably be right about it.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Pavel Pampukha and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
Match26 Sep 2026
Pavel Pampukha among the goals in a wild afternoon
6 goals in one match, Pavel Pampukha on the scoresheet, and a scoreline that will look like a misprint. Neutrals could not have asked more of Molodechno and Naftan.
Squad28 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Molodechno
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Stanislav Atrashkevich was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout28 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Boardroom28 Sep 2026
The manager kept them in and said what needed saying. A response is expected on Saturday, and if it does not come the questions move upstairs.
From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Match19 Sep 2026
No end in sight to Molodechno's wait for a win
8 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Molodechno has to find a result from somewhere.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Brutal, unambiguous and, for all the horror of the moment, usually less career-shaped than the ligament everybody fears more. 54 days, a clean timeline, and a return date somebody can actually plan around.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Marked 7.82 at 19, in a side that makes no allowances for age. He did not need any, and he looked the least nervous man on the pitch.
Squad21 Sep 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Molodechno this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Sep 2026
A row about effort at Molodechno
Somebody said out loud what several people thought about how hard another man trains, and Stanislav Atrashkevich was in the middle of it. The one dressing-room argument that is genuinely about football.
The dugout21 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Maxim Yablonskiy was on a different afternoon to everybody else
8.14. There are performances a supporter describes to somebody who was not there and cannot quite convey; this was one, and the number does not help either.
Player ratings21 Sep 2026
Successful dribbles: 16. He went past people as if he had been told there was a prize for it, and by the end the full-back had stopped pretending to try.
Match19 Sep 2026
2‑2, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.