RUS M: We present you transfer activity of Russian clubs

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Russian teams didn’t spend too much money in the summer transfer market for the season 2015/2016 as all the best clubs kept their best players. It means that they will keep playing powerful volleyball and contesting to win all the trophies in European competitions.

The star of the transfer window in Russia was Serbian receiver/outside hitter Marko Ivović who signed for vice-champions, Belogorie Belgorod. This team will try to dethrone Zenit Kazan.

Gubernya Nizhniy Novgorod and Kuzbass Kemerovo hired the highest number of newcomers during summer.

Check out which players Russian teams brought for the season 2015/2016:

Zenit: Kuleshov (Gubernya), Bagrey (Belogorie); Extended: Gutsalyuk, Kobzar, Mikhailov, Apalikov, Babichev.

Gubernya: Dranishnikov (Ural), Timofeev (Nova, Division 2), Titich (Neftyanik), Nikonenko (Grozniy), Kritskiy (Kuzbass), Kolesnik (Kuzbass), Petrovs (LAT – Stroitel/BLR), coach Klimkin (Nova, Division 2).

Fakel: Yakovlev (from loan, MGTU, Division 2), Alekseev (military service), Shipotko (Gazprom Yugra), Bogdan (Dagestan, Division 3); Extended: Bezrukov.

Ural: Komarov (Lokomotiv), Tyutlin (UKR – Yugra Samotlor), Samsonychev (Lokomotiv), coach Grebennikov (Gazprom Yugra); Extended: Kirichenko.

Gazprom Yugra: Brdjović (SRB – Skra/POL), Sychev (Gubernya), Getman (Gubernya).

Kuzbass: Zhigalov (on loan, Belogorie), Kerminen (FIN – Nantes/FRA), Krivets (Krasnodar), Shestak (Tyumen, Division 2), Leonenko (Lokomotiv), Karpukhov (Yugra Samotlor), Shpilev (Gubernya), Krasilnikov (Torpedo, Division 2); Extended: Makarov, Tavasiev, Sherbakov, Stepanyan.

Krasnodar: coach Belyanski (Krasnoyarsk, Division 2), Bestuzhev (Gubernya), Mosov (Gazprom Yugra), Zhukov (Krasnodar U21).

Lokomotiv: Savin (Gubernya), Samoilenko (Fakel), Shulgin (Gubernya), Yanutov (Gubernya), Ostapenko (Piacenza/ITA).

Nova: Galatov (Kuzbass), Tsarev (Prikamie).

Belogorie: Ivović (SRB – Resovia/POL), Antipkin (Gazprom Yugra), Krasikov (Gazprom Yugra), Danilov (Ural), Martynyuk (Fakel), Lesik (Zenit); Extended: Muserskiy, Grozer (GER).

Dinamo: coach Antonov (first assistant); Extended: Grankin, Kruglov, Holt (USA), Obmochaev.  

Check out last season’s squads with individual stats and game videos and compare the changes in the Superleague squads.

To stay in touch with the latest transfers check out Transfers 2015-2016 page.

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