The Kuban Gazette
Squad3 Aug 2026
Mikhail Ageev stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Mikhail Ageev and Kuban agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Match1 Aug 2026
Kuban find a way past Murom
Murom made Kuban work for it, but the scoreboard read 2‑1 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words exchanged at Kuban
Danila Smirnov and a teammate said things this week that will take longer than a week to unsay. It was not about football, and both of them play on Saturday.
The terraces3 Aug 2026
Kuban supporters have found a favourite in Maxim Ofitserov
There is a particular warmth a ground reserves for a 21-year-old it feels ownership of. Maxim Ofitserov has it now, and everything he does for the rest of his time here will be measured against the goodwill he was handed for free.
Market3 Aug 2026
Uralets-TS watching Ilja Kazakov
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Kuban have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Ilja Moseichuk in the eights
A performance of 8.04 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A masterclass from Mikhail Ageev
Marked 8.03 — the sort of number a correspondent writes down twice to be sure. Everything he tried came off, and what he did not try was not worth trying.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no ink between Kuban and Mikhail Ageev
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Kuban, another week without a signature from Mikhail Ageev.
The dugout3 Aug 2026
Valery Zhukov has his say
“We earned that. I asked them for a reaction and I got one, and now I want the same again on Saturday.” Valery Zhukov on a 2‑1 afternoon that pleased him more than he was prepared to show.
In brief
- Market Evgeny Osipov told to find a new club
- The dugout Daniil Melnikov gets it from the manager
- The dugout Ilja Moseichuk knocks on the manager’s door