The Volgar Sentinel
Squad3 Aug 2026
Dmitry Lesnikov: 11 seasons and counting
201 appearances across 11 seasons in one shirt. Careers like that are not built on purpose any more, and Volgar know exactly what they have.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Mikhail Strelnik goes up and wins it — 7.87
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 7.87 for the rest of it.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Oleg Dmitriev signs a new deal
“I never wanted to be anywhere else. There is unfinished business here.” Oleg Dmitriev commits to Volgar for another 3 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Tempers go at Volgar
Oleg Dmitriev 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 targets3 Aug 2026
Nart tell Volgar: Khyzyr Appaev 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.
Match1 Aug 2026
Mikhail Strelnik sends Volgar past Alania
It finished 1‑0, and it was Mikhail Strelnik’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Volgar.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Vladislav Adaev beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 16. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Volgar and Oleg Dmitriev
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Volgar, another week without a signature from Oleg Dmitriev.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Danil Pelikh's contract
49 months left and silence from upstairs — no offer, no talks, nothing for his people to answer. Clubs that let a calendar do their negotiating usually end up negotiating with the calendar.
In brief
- Squad 7 new faces, and Volgar are still learning each other
- The dugout Vyacheslav Prokofiev has his say
- Market Dmitry Ivanov is free to find somewhere else