From our football correspondent
Steady
Market16 Nov 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Baranovichi they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Timur Pukhov 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 Baranovichi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Steady
Market9 Nov 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Baranovichi they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Timur Pukhov 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.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Words at Baranovichi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Artem Petrenko 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.
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Steady
Market2 Nov 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Baranovichi is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Timur Pukhov 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 Baranovichi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Words at Baranovichi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Arseniy Galushko 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market26 Oct 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Baranovichi they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Timur Pukhov 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.
Squad26 Oct 2026
Arseniy Galushko falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market19 Oct 2026
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Denis Shpakovskiy will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Baranovichi the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad19 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Baranovichi may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad19 Oct 2026
Timur Pukhov 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 Baranovichi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market12 Oct 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Baranovichi they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Timur Pukhov 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.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Aldiiar Ältaev and Baranovichi agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
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Steady
Market5 Oct 2026
Timur Pukhov has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Baranovichi they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad5 Oct 2026
Diego Pascutini 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.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market28 Sep 2026
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Matvey Svidinskiy will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Baranovichi the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Timur Pukhov 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.
Squad28 Sep 2026
Vadim Balbukh falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market21 Sep 2026
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Baranovichi they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom21 Sep 2026
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Timur Pukhov 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 Baranovichi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad21 Sep 2026
Words at Baranovichi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Arseniy Galushko 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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Martin Artyukh, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market14 Sep 2026
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Nikolay Ryabykh will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Baranovichi the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Boardroom14 Sep 2026
There is no worse way to lose a footballer. Vasiliy Vasilenko has pre-agreed a move away, which means every appearance between now and June is made by a man the club can no longer sell, and somebody upstairs will be asked why the contract was allowed to get here.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Timur Pukhov 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.
Squad14 Sep 2026
Vadim Balbukh falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Market14 Sep 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Baranovichi have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Arseniy Galushko, and the manager let it.
From our football correspondent
Steady
Market7 Sep 2026
Timur Pukhov has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Baranovichi they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Market7 Sep 2026
“This is not anger. I have thought about it for months, and nothing that has happened lately changed my mind.” The request is on a desk at Baranovichi, and it is not being withdrawn.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Timur Pukhov 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 Baranovichi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad7 Sep 2026
Words at Baranovichi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vadim Balbukh 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
“We are a long way apart, and pretending otherwise helps nobody.” Neither side is close, and the calendar is not on the club's side.
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Steady
Market31 Aug 2026
The offer from Torpedo-BelAZ for Matvey Svidinskiy was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market31 Aug 2026
Martin Artyukh has one foot out of the door
Terms are settled between the clubs and the rest is paperwork and a photograph. Around Baranovichi they have already started talking about him in the past tense.
Boardroom31 Aug 2026
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Timur Pukhov 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.
Squad31 Aug 2026
Arseniy Galushko falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
Squad31 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Egor Lapun
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
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Crisis
Match19 Aug 2026
The small margins put Baranovichi out
Out, 0‑1 to Torpedo-BelAZ, and the long argument about which of the small moments decided it. The league is all there is now, and everybody knows it.
Market24 Aug 2026
The offer from Gomel for Artem Petrenko was heard out and sent back the same day. First bids are rarely meant to succeed; they are meant to find out how loudly the door closes.
Market24 Aug 2026
Fee agreed, terms agreed, medical booked. Denis Shpakovskiy will be somebody else’s player by the weekend, and around Baranovichi the goodbyes have quietly begun.
Player ratings24 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 25. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom24 Aug 2026
He will play here until the summer and then walk out of the door for free, having already signed elsewhere. Supporters will manage the first part of that sentence; it is the second they will struggle with.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Timur Pukhov 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 Baranovichi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match22 Aug 2026
3 matches without a goal for Baranovichi
The chances are being made and something is happening between the making and the finishing. 3 matches now, and the anxiety in the ground arrives a little earlier every week.
Squad24 Aug 2026
Words at Baranovichi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vadim Balbukh 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.
Squad24 Aug 2026
The manager makes an example of Timur Pukhov
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
From our football correspondent
Upbeat
Player ratings17 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 38. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Match12 Aug 2026
A 1‑0 win over Arsenal Dzerzhinsk, and the draw for the next round can be watched with some interest for once.
Match12 Aug 2026
The 88th minute, half the ground already edging towards the exits, and Artem Petrenko decided nobody was going anywhere. Arsenal Dzerzhinsk had no time left to answer.
Market17 Aug 2026
The name of Matvey Svidinskiy has come up in conversations Baranovichi were not part of. Nothing formal, nothing signed — but nothing about it accidental either.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Jared Ulloa and Baranovichi agree another 3 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad17 Aug 2026
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Baranovichi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Boardroom17 Aug 2026
Nothing happens for months and then he simply arrives, at no cost, having signed a pre-contract while still turning out for somebody else. It is the least dramatic way to sign a footballer and frequently the shrewdest.
Squad17 Aug 2026
Vadim Balbukh falls out with a teammate over standards
The oldest argument in any dressing room and the only one that is genuinely about football: one man thinks another is not putting enough in. It is also the row a manager privately does not mind having happened.
The terraces17 Aug 2026
At 23 he is being sung about by people twice his age, which is an affection a signing has to earn over years and a local kid gets for turning up. It is also the hardest thing in football to live up to.
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Upbeat
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 39. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market10 Aug 2026
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Market10 Aug 2026
The clubs have agreed terms, and what remains is formality: a medical, a photograph, a signature. Nobody at Baranovichi is pretending he will be back in the shirt.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
The rules permit it and it stings anyway. Stanislav Kendysh has agreed terms with Gomel for the summer, and until then he pulls on this shirt as a player who has already chosen his next one.
Squad10 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Jared Ulloa and Baranovichi agree another 3 years.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Timur Pukhov 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.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Arnur Sagalbaev gets the move he always wanted
Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Arnur Sagalbaev has just signed for Baranovichi, and for once the answer mattered.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Words at Baranovichi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Artem Petrenko 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.
Match8 Aug 2026
It finished 1‑0, and it was Artem Petrenko’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Baranovichi.
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Uneasy
Squad3 Aug 2026
“The easiest signature of my career.” Vadim Balbukh and Baranovichi agree another 2 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Timur Pukhov 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 Baranovichi this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Squad3 Aug 2026
Words at Baranovichi training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Vadim Balbukh 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.
Market3 Aug 2026
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Denis Shpakovskiy has his answer from Baranovichi; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Denis Shpakovskiy, and the manager let it.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
A performance of 8.11 does not come along often, and when it does the rest of the team becomes scenery. He was magnificent.
Player ratings3 Aug 2026
Successful dribbles: 17. There is a particular sort of despair on a full-back's face by the seventieth minute, and it was on display.
Market3 Aug 2026
“We keep meeting, and we keep leaving the room with the same numbers we walked in with.” Another round of talks at Baranovichi, another week without a signature from Timur Pukhov.
Market3 Aug 2026
Still no offer on the table, and Vadim Balbukh’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.