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Loan Moves Have Spartak Trim Defense

Egor Filipenko has been sent on loan to Sibir (Photo: AP/Efrem Lukatsky)

Spartak Moskva has trimmed their defensive squad, announcing one loan move and apparently readying a second.

On Friday Spartak revealed that the club has decided Egor Filipenko will not return to the fold for 2010. The 21-year-old has been sent on loan to FK [...]

Friendlies Abound and Still Spletnik Creeps In

Guilherme appears back to full fitness for CSKA

The Russian transfer rumors have subsided a bit while the RPL squads sweat it out in their respective training camps. While we still have some spletnik on offer, we thought we’d also check in on some of the friendlies that have taken place on Tuesday.

–We’ll start with [...]

Picking Up the Chasti: This Week’s Smaller Stories

As the week comes to a close, RFN thought it may be nice to look back at some of the smaller stories from the week. You could call them the minutiae, but were keeping it simple. Let’s call them chasti (части, parts, pieces). It’s not a definitive rundown of the ins-and-outs of the off-season moves [...]

Rubin Haggles for Lahiyalov, Ďurica Pleads for Hannover, and FK Moskva Scrambles for a Midfield

Grozny ain’t big enough for two Shamils?

Shamil Lahiyalov could be Alejandro Domínguez's replacement in Kazan

No agreement has been made, but midfielder Shamil Lahiyalov could be leaving Terek Grozny for Rubin Kazan. According to Chempionat, the two clubs are engaged in talks that could send the 30-year-old to the Russian [...]

Spalletti Dreams in Azure, Saturn’s Partizan of Choice, and More Esteem for Ansaldi

The Moskva suburbs could be getting a little more exciting: FK Partizan's Lamine Diarra wanted by Saturn

The decade nears its final breath. But RFN pays no attention, nonchalantly plugging away at the spletnik task (real analysis to follow!). Moves continue to be made whilst most RFN players lounge upon beaches around the world. Aside [...]