Category: Russia

Leonid Slutsky – A New General For Russia’s National Team
By Saul Pope -
Late on the 6th of August news began to break that CSKA Moscow coach Leonid Slutsky was to be named Russia coach until the end of the ...

Serbian SuperLiga – A Buyers Guide For Post-Soviet Oligarchs
By Manuel Veth -
On February 25 Futbolgrad ran a Gazeta story on the possible take over of the Serbian SuperLiga football club FK Vojvodina Novi Sad ...

Rubin Kazan – The Pride of Tatarstan
By David Sansun -
Rubin Kazan is a club in transition. Rubin, which has won the Russian championship twice, has seen multiple members of its staff co ...

Emmanuel Frimpong – The Fall Out
By Saul Pope -
Last week FIFA requested details of the 'Frimpong incident' (more on the story here), and on Tuesday the Russian Football Union (RFU) ...

Russian Premier League – Financial Numbers Reveal A Bottomless Pit
By Manuel Veth -
It is official, Dagestan’s chaos club Anzhi Makhachkala was, according to the business agency SPARK-Interfax, the most profitable te ...

Russian Youth Football – Where Is Russia’s Next Golden Generation?
By Andrew Flint -
On an average summer's day in a typical Russian city, you will see plenty of teenagers on the streets. Some will gather in the town ...