The Vitebsk Herald
Squad10 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Vitebsk
Mikhail Bashilov 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.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Vitebsk rebuffed over Yegor Kortsov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Dinamo Brest have kept their man, and Vitebsk go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Market10 Aug 2026
Mikita Chalavach steps up from the Vitebsk academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Mikita Chalavach 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Vitebsk promote Valery Kendysh from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Valery Kendysh 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: Ivan Palitsevich joins the Vitebsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Ivan Palitsevich 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
One of our own: Sergei Rios joins the Vitebsk first team
Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Sergei Rios is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ivan Kravchenko stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Ivan Kravchenko and Vitebsk agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
A loan move for Raivis Stolcers is in the works
Vitebsk have made the call to Skonto. No fee, a share of the wages, and a spare shirt in the position where the squad has been thinnest all season.
Looking ahead10 Aug 2026
Alexandr Anufriev goes back to face Slutsk
Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Alexandr Anufriev’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Vitebsk needing him to play as if none of it matters.
In brief
- Squad Alexandr Burnos remains an outsider
- Squad An aura around Alexandr Anufriev
- The dugout Ivan Kravchenko asks for a word with the manager