The Rotor Gazette
Market10 Aug 2026
Rotor turn down Arsenal Tula for Ilja Safronov
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Squad10 Aug 2026
3 goals for Alexandr Khubulov
The match ball belongs to Alexandr Khubulov, whose 3 goals turned a difficult afternoon into a procession.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Ilja Safronov runs at them all day
Successful dribbles: 25. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Nikita Chagrov 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 Rotor this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Arseny Popov joins the Rotor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Arseny Popov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rotor promote Rostislav Petukhov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Rostislav Petukhov has come through every age group the club runs and has now been handed a senior number, and the people who coached him at twelve will be the proudest in the building.
Market10 Aug 2026
One of our own: Rostislav Tolstoy joins the Rotor first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Rostislav Tolstoy is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Match8 Aug 2026
Rotor come up short against SKA Khabarovsk
SKA Khabarovsk left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Squad10 Aug 2026
The manager has not finished forgetting Artem Simonyan's mistake
Publicly it is behind everybody. It is not behind the man who picks the team, and the only place that shows is a team sheet. He will get another chance; he will get it in a match that matters less.
In brief
- Squad No hiding place for Vyacheslav Bardybakhin
- Player ratings The referee tires of Maxim Kainov