The Fakel Courier
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Fakel go back to the board over Artem Mamin
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $100.1K — a club that wants Artem Mamin enough to be asked twice.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Darko Todorović 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 Fakel this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Fakel make their move for Artem Mamin
$92.0K on the table at Ural. The manager wanted him, the board agreed a number, and the only voices still to be heard are the ones at the other club.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Dinamo Makhachkala tell Fakel: Nikita Glushkov is not for sale
The approach was made and the answer came back in a sentence. There is no number on the table because there was no number that would have been enough.
Market10 Aug 2026
Rodion Sorokin steps up from the Fakel academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Rodion Sorokin 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
Fakel promote Artyom Merzlyakov from within
The academy exists for exactly this morning. Artyom Merzlyakov 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
German Tsvetkov steps up from the Fakel academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. German Tsvetkov 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
Zakhar Shishov steps up from the Fakel academy
There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Zakhar Shishov 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
No place for Maxim Kuzmin in the new shape
He is not being dropped. There is simply nowhere in the formation Fakel are playing to put a man who does what he does, which is a harder thing to be told than any team sheet.
In brief
- Player ratings Belajdi Pusi was unplayable
- Squad 6 new faces, and Fakel are still learning each other
- Match Fakel and Volga take a point apiece