From our football correspondent
Uneasy
Market30 Nov 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Boardroom30 Nov 2026
Wages eat 913% of everything Dinamo Kirov earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad30 Nov 2026
Artem Pasko asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Uneasy
Market23 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dinamo Kirov can pretend not to have heard.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Ivan Laptev gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad23 Nov 2026
Artem Pasko knocks on the manager’s door
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Artem Pasko trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Uneasy
Market16 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dinamo Kirov can pretend not to have heard.
Match14 Nov 2026
No end in sight to Dinamo Kirov's wait for a win
5 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Dinamo Kirov has to find a result from somewhere.
Loan watch16 Nov 2026
“I am grateful for the games, but I did not become a footballer to be somebody else's spare part.” He wants to be at Dinamo Kirov, and 0 appearances in 10 say he has earned the hearing.
Squad16 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniil Maltsev, and the manager let it.
Match14 Nov 2026
The crowd waited for a goal that never came. Textilschik defended in numbers and left with what they came for, and the two sides could be playing still without troubling a scorer.
Squad16 Nov 2026
Artem Philippov asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
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Crisis
Market9 Nov 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 Dinamo Kirov, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match7 Nov 2026
4 matches without a win for Dinamo Kirov
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Dinamo Kirov are no longer polite ones.
Match7 Nov 2026
0‑1 to Sibir, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad9 Nov 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Bilal Akhjadov, and the manager let it.
Loan watch9 Nov 2026
“I watch every Dinamo Kirov game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Irkutsk runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Squad9 Nov 2026
At 20 years old, Timofey Sitnikov became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
Squad9 Nov 2026
Artem Philippov asks for a word with the manager
“I would rather say it to his face than read about it.” The meeting was requested by the player, which tells you most of what you need to know.
Market9 Nov 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Nikolay Kamaev may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
Market9 Nov 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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Uneasy
Market2 Nov 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dinamo Kirov can pretend not to have heard.
Boardroom2 Nov 2026
Wages eat 913% of everything Dinamo Kirov earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The award is a small thing with a heavy meaning: for four weeks nobody in this division did his job better. Dinamo Kirov have the trophy on a shelf and the player in the side.
Squad2 Nov 2026
The team sheet said everything about Artem Pasko
Warm-up bib, ninety minutes of watching, and a handshake at the end that fooled nobody. Big matches tell you who a manager trusts; this one told Artem Pasko.
Match31 Oct 2026
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Squad2 Nov 2026
Byron Torres gets it from the manager
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Uneasy
Squad26 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Dinamo Kirov may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Squad26 Oct 2026
A defender's mistake gets tidied up by somebody else; a goalkeeper's ends up in the net. He knew before the ball crossed the line, and so did everybody in the ground.
Match24 Oct 2026
It needed Evgeny Ignatovich to find the net to bring anything home at all: 2‑2 against Alania, and half the dressing room will call it a point won.
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Uneasy
Market19 Oct 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dinamo Kirov can pretend not to have heard.
Squad19 Oct 2026
The manager makes an example of Artem Pasko
“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.
Loan watch19 Oct 2026
“I watch every Dinamo Kirov game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Chertanovo runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
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Uneasy
Market12 Oct 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 Dinamo Kirov, and it is not being withdrawn.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Dinamo Kirov may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Loan watch12 Oct 2026
“I watch every Dinamo Kirov game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Irkutsk runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Match10 Oct 2026
Tyumen made Dinamo Kirov work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad12 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Squad12 Oct 2026
Artem Pasko knocks on the manager's door
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Dinamo Kirov, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Uneasy
Market5 Oct 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dinamo Kirov can pretend not to have heard.
Match3 Oct 2026
6 without a win now, and the ground has developed the special quiet of a crowd that expects the worst. One scrappy 1-0 would cure most of it; that is the maddening part.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Dinamo Kirov may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.
Boardroom5 Oct 2026
Wages eat 1588% of everything Dinamo Kirov earn
There is a figure at which a wage bill stops being ambitious and becomes the reason nothing else is possible, and this club has reached it. Nothing is left over for a transfer, a stand or a rainy afternoon.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Byron Torres and Dinamo Kirov agree another 3 years.
Squad5 Oct 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
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Crisis
Market28 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 Dinamo Kirov, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match28 Sep 2026
10 points, and a fixture list that is running out. The mathematics are not yet cruel, but they are no longer kind.
Match26 Sep 2026
5 matches without a win for Dinamo Kirov
The run now stands at 5, and the questions being asked around Dinamo Kirov are no longer polite ones.
Squad28 Sep 2026
“Nobody here is above being told.” It was not said with a name attached, but the dressing room can count, and so can everybody who was listening.
Match26 Sep 2026
Dinamo Moscow 2 left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
Market28 Sep 2026
The name of Bilal Akhjadov keeps appearing in other people's back pages. Dinamo Kirov say nothing, which says plenty.
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Crisis
Market21 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 Dinamo Kirov, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match19 Sep 2026
4 matches without a win for Dinamo Kirov
The run now stands at 4, and the questions being asked around Dinamo Kirov are no longer polite ones.
Match19 Sep 2026
0‑1 to Volgar, and no complaints worth printing. The performance asked for nothing more than it got.
Squad21 Sep 2026
The manager makes an example of Artem Smoroda
“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.
Squad21 Sep 2026
“It had gone on long enough. I would rather have it out than leave it sitting there.” Ten minutes behind a closed door at Dinamo Kirov, and both men came out saying it was fine.
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Steady
Market14 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 Dinamo Kirov, and it is not being withdrawn.
Match14 Sep 2026
Dinamo Kirov refuse to drop out of the race
Position 3, 10 points, and the result everyone checks first is now theirs. The word is still not being said around the ground, which is how you know everyone is thinking it.
Squad14 Sep 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Daniil Maltsev, and the manager let it.
Loan watch14 Sep 2026
“I watch every Dinamo Kirov game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Irkutsk runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.
Match12 Sep 2026
1‑1, and both dressing rooms will call it two points lost. A draw that asked plenty of questions and answered none of them.
Squad14 Sep 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Dinamo Kirov have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
Squad14 Sep 2026
A new face in his position, and Evgeny Pesikov suddenly has to win back what he thought he owned. Dinamo Kirov have promised nothing — clubs rarely do at this stage.
Market14 Sep 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Artem Philippov signs something — a contract at Dinamo Kirov or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Market14 Sep 2026
Dinamo Kirov spent the window trying to move Vladimir Zadiraka on and nobody came. He trains with a squad that has already told him he is not part of it, and both sides now wait for the next one.
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Steady
Market7 Sep 2026
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market7 Sep 2026
The offer from Kolomna for Bilal Akhjadov 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.
Market7 Sep 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Dinamo Kirov have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Boardroom7 Sep 2026
1661% of the income goes out in wages at Dinamo Kirov
Every club in football pays most of what it earns to its players. Paying nearly all of it is a different arrangement, and it has ended the same way every time somebody has tried it.
Squad7 Sep 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.
Match5 Sep 2026
It finished 1‑1, and it somehow always looked like it would. One of those afternoons where the table moves less than the tempers.
Market7 Sep 2026
It has been denied twice and printed three times, which is the usual arithmetic. Until Evgeny Pesikov signs something — a contract at Dinamo Kirov or anywhere else — this column belongs to him.
Squad7 Sep 2026
The shirt belongs to Artem Pasko now
At 34 he has made the position his own, and the man he took it from has to find something to say about it. Dinamo Kirov have a decision that made itself.
Squad7 Sep 2026
“Thirty minutes, door closed, everything said. We shook hands after.” Whatever was in the room stayed in the room, and Nikita Rossokhin trained the next morning like a man with less to carry.
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Steady
Market31 Aug 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 Dinamo Kirov, and it is not being withdrawn.
Market31 Aug 2026
The bid was some way short and Dinamo Kirov did not need long over it. Nobody in the game reads a first refusal as the end of anything.
Squad31 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Artem Philippov, and the manager let it.
Market31 Aug 2026
Yegor Akimov is 19, and Dinamo Kirov have signed him for the player he will be rather than the one he is. The first team can wait; the point of a deal like this is the years it buys.
Match29 Aug 2026
Nil-nil, and few chances worth the name. Leningradets came to defend and left with exactly what they came for.
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Steady
Match19 Aug 2026
Spartak Tambov go through and Dinamo Kirov go home, 0‑1 the scoreline that did it. The dressing room will call the league the priority now, because that is what dressing rooms say.
The terraces24 Aug 2026
The boos come down from three sides
“We pay for this every fortnight. The least we want is somebody who looks like he cares.” 6 of the 29 senior players walked off into it; the rest were not playing.
Market24 Aug 2026
The offer from Znamya Truda for Vladimir Marukhin 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
“I have given everything here and I need a new challenge.” The request is formal, and the relationship will never be quite the same again.
Market24 Aug 2026
The interest is real enough to have reached print. Dinamo Kirov have said nothing, which in a transfer window is its own kind of answer.
Match22 Aug 2026
Alania made Dinamo Kirov work for it, but the scoreboard read 1‑0 at the end and the table does not ask how.
Squad24 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Evgeny Ignatovich, and the manager let it.
Market24 Aug 2026
Dinamo Kirov have let the market know Bilal Akhjadov can be had. No price in the advert, but everyone in the trade knows roughly what it says.
Squad24 Aug 2026
He wheeled away like a man who had been carrying it for months, because he had. Dinamo Kirov have their signing off the mark and one press-conference question retired.
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Steady
Market17 Aug 2026
The offer from Volga for Vladimir Zadiraka 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.
Market17 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dinamo Kirov can pretend not to have heard.
Match15 Aug 2026
Three points for Dinamo Kirov, 1‑0 the final word against Mashuk in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad17 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Yegor Neustroev, and the manager let it.
Market17 Aug 2026
Dinamo Kirov have made Nikolay Kamaev available for transfer. A career at this club is over in all but paperwork.
Squad17 Aug 2026
At 20 years old, Yegor Neustroev became the latest name off the academy production line to be handed a senior shirt.
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Uneasy
Market10 Aug 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 Dinamo Kirov, and it is not being withdrawn.
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.
Squad10 Aug 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.
Market10 Aug 2026
Still no offer on the table, and Matvey Martinkevich’s deal keeps shrinking. In boardroom language, silence this long stops being an oversight and starts being an answer.
Match8 Aug 2026
A 1‑1 draw with Tyumen leaves the dressing room somewhere between relief and regret.
Market10 Aug 2026
The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Vladimir Zadiraka may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.
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Crisis
Market3 Aug 2026
“I have nothing bad to say about this place. I just need to be somewhere else.” It is in writing now, which changes what Dinamo Kirov can pretend not to have heard.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Andrey Malykh and Dinamo Kirov agree another 2 years.
Squad3 Aug 2026
“I pick players who do the work. All of it.” No name was spoken; every camera still turned to Andrey Malykh, and the manager let it.
Match1 Aug 2026
Veles left with the points after a 0‑1 defeat that will take some explaining on the terraces.
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 Dinamo Kirov, another week without a signature from Andrey Malykh.
Market3 Aug 2026
The clock runs on Evgeny Pesikov'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.