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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 Kazan Reserves Win CIS Cup

Rubin's young reserve squad tops Aktobe 5:2

Rubin Kazan won the 18th annual Commonwealth Cup, defeating Kazakh champions FK Aktobe 5-2.

Although the tournament’s popularity has waned in recent years, due in large measure to some of the participating clubs fielding reserve squads—with Rubin being no exception—the tournament has at least showcased some young talent in [...]