The Znamya Truda Sentinel
Squad10 Aug 2026
Amir Fattakhov keeps Znamya Truda in it on his own
Some afternoons a goalkeeper is the team. 6 saves, several of them the sort nobody expects to see stopped, and a scoreline that flatters everybody in front of him.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Nikita Lebedev goes up and wins it — 7.63
A defender on the scoresheet, which happens rarely enough that everybody in the ground remembers who took the corner. 1 for him, and a mark of 7.63 for the rest of it.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Artem Serikov due for a Znamya Truda medical
Everything agreed with CSKA Moscow, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Ahmed Abubakarov signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Ahmed Abubakarov and Znamya Truda agree another 2 years.
Market10 Aug 2026
As if he never left: Mikhail Sentyurin returns
Some transfers need a press campaign. This one needed a shirt with the old number on it. Mikhail Sentyurin is a Znamya Truda player again, and the town has its story of the summer.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Savva Ponomarev 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 Znamya Truda this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Alexandr Korenblyum will join Znamya Truda for nothing
The paperwork is done long before the player is. Alexandr Korenblyum has agreed terms to come here when his current deal runs out, which means Znamya Truda have spent a summer's transfer budget on a phone call.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Znamya Truda rebuffed over Ilja Gruznov
Not now, not at any price the club was prepared to say out loud. Khimik have kept their man, and Znamya Truda go back to a list with one name crossed off it.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Znamya Truda training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Anton Polorotov 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.
In brief
- Match Znamya Truda get the job done against Rodina M
- The terraces Znamya Truda supporters have found a favourite in Eduard Bagrintsev
- Market Znamya Truda promote Fedot Simakov from within