Rounding out the picture of the day, Belgorod, Kharkhiv and Perm claimed victories.
Results:
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk – Dinamo Krasnodar 3:1 (22:25, 29:27, 25:17, 25:22)
Top Scorers: Nilsson 21, L.Divis 15, Biryukov 14, Volvich 13; Zemchenok 20, Mochalov 15, Conte 13, Khilchenko 10
Ural Ufa – Dinamo Moscow 3:1 (25:22, 25:22, 26:28, 25:20)
Top Scorers: Panteleymonenko 13, Maksimov 12, Abramov 12, Ashchev 9; Kruglov 24, Markin 16, Shcherbinin 11, Krivets 6
Kuzbass Kemerovo – Fakel Novy Urengoy 3:2 (25:23, 22:25, 25:19, 23:25, 15:13)
Top Scorers: Moroz 24, Andrae 16, Tuia 16, Shcherbakov 13; Bakun 29, Kritskiy 17, Melnik 16, Roca 7
Gazprom Yugra Surgut – Iskra Odintsovo 3:1 (26:24, 25:21, 17:25, 25:23)
Top Scorers: Rodichev 23, Mysin 13, Aleksiev 11, Todorov 11; Schmitt 23, Kalinin 9, Kozlov 9, Koulechov 9
Belogorie Belgorod – Shakhtar Soligorsk 3:1 (20:25, 25:18, 25:23, 25:21)
Grozny – Prikam Perm 0:3 (23:25, 24:26, 22:25)
Top Scorers: Bestuzhev 12, Rykov 10, Shipotko 9, Mosolkin 6, Antipkin 6; Likhosherstov 15, A.Kovalev 12, Zakharov 10, Karpenko 10
Yaroslavich Yaroslavl – Lokomotiv Kharkhiv 2:3 (19:25, 25:19, 25:21, 23:25, 13:15)
Top Scorers: Kulikovskiy 19, Kolesnik 19, Logunov 13, Filippov 7, Tavasiev 7; Tyutlin 35, V.Ivanov 10, Kapaev 10, Ryabukha 10, Teryomenko 7
Zenit Kazan – Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod 3:0 (25:20, 25:22, 25:22)
Top Scorers: Mikhaylov 20, Anderson 12, Apalikov 11, Abrosimov 6, Vermiglio 2; N.Pavlov 16, Ostapenko 10, Nikic 6, Savin 5
Standings
Blue group:
Zenit Kazan 15
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 15
Ural Ufa 14
Gazprom Yugra Surgut 12
Kuzbass Kemerovo 10
Belogorie Belgorod 10
Yaroslavich Yaroslavl 7
Grozny 4
Red group:
Fakel Novy Urengoy 10
Iskra Odintsovo 9
Dinamo Krasnodar 9
Lokomotiv Kharkhiv 9
Dinamo Moscow 8
Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod 6
Prikam Perm 3
Shakhtar Soligorsk 3
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