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Russian Second Division A Gold
23 Aug 2026
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The Volgar Sentinel

17 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Upbeat

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Oleg Dmitriev pops up at the right end — 7.93

7.93, 1 on the scoresheet, and the specific comedy of a back-four player celebrating like somebody who does this every week. He does not, and that is exactly why the ground reacted the way it did.

Player ratings17 Aug 2026

Nobody could get near Vladislav Adaev

Successful dribbles: 23. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.

Squad17 Aug 2026

Tempers go at Volgar

Vyacheslav Krotov 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.

Match15 Aug 2026

Volgar get the job done against Sibir

A 1‑0 win over Sibir, earned rather than given, and the sort of afternoon that sends everyone home talking about next week instead of this one.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

The manager’s verdict

“I am not going to get carried away and I will not let them either. It was a good day. There will be harder ones.” Vyacheslav Prokofiev kept it short after the 1‑0 win, which is what managers do when they are happy.

Market17 Aug 2026

Volgar put Vyacheslav Krotov up for sale

The list is a quiet document with a loud meaning. Vyacheslav Krotov may talk to anybody who asks, and everybody at the club understands what that means.

The dugout17 Aug 2026

Volgar pick somebody else ahead of Danil Anosov

There is no complaint available here and everybody involved knows it, which does not make the walk to the bench any shorter. Form is the only currency in football that cannot be borrowed against.

Looking ahead17 Aug 2026

Danil Anosov goes back to face Textilschik

Every squad has one of these fixtures for somebody every season. This one is Danil Anosov’s: the club that knew him first, the supporters who will decide in the first minute whether to applaud, and Volgar needing him to play as if none of it matters.

Market17 Aug 2026

The Vyacheslav Krotov talk will not go away

Another week, another link, another denial nobody quite believes. Volgar know the market decides these things, not the back pages — but the back pages are louder.

In brief

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The Volgar Sentinel

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad10 Aug 2026

Vladislav Yampolskiy stands alone

6 saves, and a scoreline the ten men in front of him had no right to. Goalkeepers only get noticed on the bad days; this was one of the other ones.

Squad10 Aug 2026

A falling-out at Volgar

Vyacheslav Krotov and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.

Transfer targets10 Aug 2026

KDV Tomsk tell Volgar: Ilja Volnov 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.

Match8 Aug 2026

Vladislav Morozov’s goal not enough for Volgar

Vladislav Morozov scored, and precious little else went right: 1‑2 to Leningradets, and a quiet walk to the dressing room.

Market10 Aug 2026

One of our own: Maksim Kulikov joins the Volgar first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Maksim Kulikov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market10 Aug 2026

Volgar promote Artem Isakov from within

The academy exists for exactly this morning. Artem Isakov 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

Nazar Kobzev steps up from the Volgar academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Nazar Kobzev 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

One of our own: Nil Cherepanov joins the Volgar first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Nil Cherepanov is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

The dugout10 Aug 2026

Vyacheslav Krotov 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.

In brief

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The Volgar Sentinel

3 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Triumph

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