We round-up the international break this week, taking a look at Russia's latest World Cup Qualifiers as Artem Dzyuba nears Aleksandr Kherzhakov's goal record & David monologues about Russian U21 football for 4 hours. We also discuss the burgeoning talent of Khvicha Kvaratskhelia as the rest of the world begins to take notice, before finishing off with a discussion for the potential future of Nikolai Larin after he stood down as Director at Chertanovo Moscow.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:51 - Russia's games against Slovenia & Slovakia
21:30 - Khvicha v Spain
29:10 - Russia U21 crash out of the Euros
48:10 - Larin leaves Chertanovo
57:12 - Outro & Socials

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RFN Podcast #90 - Russia's International Break, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia Show & Larin Leaves Chertanovo

This week, James and David are joined by none other than the voice of Russian Football in English, Alexey Yaroshevsky. We go through all the weekend's action, including the twin resignations of Rashid Rakhimov and Murad Musaev, the latter's replacement at Krasnodar in the shape of a certain Viktor Goncharenko, the Race for Europe, Lokomotiv's resurgence since the resumption after the winter break and Yaro answers all your questions and more.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:20 - Yaro's work on Russian Football and TV
03:15 - Musaev's resignation & Goncharenko at Krasnodar
20:40 - Rashid Rakhimov leaves Ufa
33:28 - Olic's early games at CSKA
36:50 - The Title Race
41:44 - Rubin Corner
45:58 - Loko's Winning Streak
50:59 - Ribalta leaves Zenit
51:50 - RFN x Yaro Mailbag
01:11:30 - Outro & Socials

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RFN Podcast #91 - Managerial Merry-Go-Round in the RPL With Alexey Yaroshevsky

This week on the RFN Podcast, the usual team take stock of the entire RPL. With 5 games left to go in the season, we run down how the sides in the respective league battles are fairing. Before finishing David and Richard run down some recent FNL action and then James runs down the big news of the week.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - Zenit running away with it?
05:20 - Moscow Derby & Title Race Repercussions
14:56 - The Final European Spot
31:50 - Boring Mid-Table Stuff
42:05 - Relegation Battle
45:15 - FNL Highlights
51:12 - News Roundup
55:26 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #92 - Zenit In A One-Team RPL Title Race As Rivals Stutter

In a bumper episode of the pod, we explore some more eclectic aspects of football of late. RPL action took place as usual at the weekend, but midweek we also saw the Cup of Russia semi-finals and the world has been gripped by the Super League controversy.

To cover all that and more are James Nickels, Richard Pike, and Misha Polenov of Match TV.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:10 - Lokomotiv's 10th win in a row
11:02 - Dynamo ease past Rotor
14:28 - Krasnodar & Zenit share the spoils
19:45 - Refereeing in Russia
26:40 - Sochi beat CSKA in the race for Europe
30:40 - Ufa embarrass Spartak
45:36 - Loko steams towards the Cup final
52:11 - FNL Krylia beats Akhmat in the other semi
01:04:26 - The "Russian Position" on the Super League
01:09:25 - General thoughts on the ESL
1:20:50 - How the ESL could affect the RPL
01:30:20 - The Long-Term Ramifications
01:45:00 - Latest News in Russian Football
01:46:11 - Outro & Socials

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RFN Podcast #93 - Russian Cup Semi-Finals, RPL Recap & The Super League Is Dead

This week on the RFN Podcast, the usual team discussed the race for the final European spot, as Rubin, Sochi, CSKA and Dynamo all sit level on 46 points as they battle for Conference League qualification. Then, we explore all the recent games in the FNL before finishing off with a deep-dive into Ufa's recent semi-resurgence under Aleksei Stukalov.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:44 - Race for Europe
24:08 - Last week's FNL Action
38:05 - Stukalov's Early work at Ufa
49:50 - Outro & Socials

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RFN Podcast #94 - Race For Europe, Orenburg Pull Clear Of Nizhny & Stukalov So Far At Ufa

This week on the pod, James, David and Rich celebrate Zenit's third RPL title victory in a row, take a look at the debacle surrounding the FNL promotion race as only one of the top six were granted an RPL license and finish off discussing the rumours around Spartak's potential new head coach, with Rui Vitoria the current frontrunner.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - Zenit's Triple Title
19:38 - FNL to RPL Licensing Debacle
46:20 - Is Rui Vitoria the man to replace Tedesco at Spartak?
58:07 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #95 - Zenit Win The RPL, FNL Licenses Debacle & Rui Vitoria To Spartak?

This week on the pod, James, David and Rich analyse the Cup of Russia final as Lokomotiv won their 4th in just the last 6 years, cast an eye over the latest Russia squads both at a senior and U21 level and look ahead to the final game week of the season with two European spots and one automatic relegation place still to be determined.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:45 - Loko beat Krylia in the Russian Cup Final
20:49 - Sbornaya Squad Analysis
43:04 - Game of the Week & Final Round Ramifications
01:02:13 - This Week's News
01:06:00 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #96 - Loko's Russian Cup Victory, Stani's Euro 2020 Russia Squad & RPL Game Of The Week

James & David reconvene to evaluate this season's best FNL players, handing out some awards and discussing who else impressed over the course of the year.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - Player of the Season
06:46 - Player of the Season who is not Ivan Sergeev
15:12 - Young Player of the Season
26:10 - Manager of the Season
32:48 - Biggest Surprise (Team or Player)
40:30 - Best Signing
44:00 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #98 - FNL Awards 2020/21

This week, James, David & Rich celebrate the end of the RPL 2020/21 season by selecting our individual team of best players.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:31 - Goalkeeper
08:20 - Defence
29:10 - Central Midfield
37:05 - Attacking Midfield
58:34 - Forwards
1:08:01 - News in Brief & Outro

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RFN Podcast #99 - RPL Team Of The Season 2020/21

We're back for the Euros, as James & Rich are joined by Ben Jackson of the Belgian Football Podcast to review the opening match of Group B for Russia, as they lost 3-0 at home to Belgium in St Petersburg. 

Follow Ben @benjack94 and the Belgian Football Podcast @BelgianPodcast on Twitter!

Timestamps:

00:00 - Introduction
04:50 - Review of Russia 0-3 Belgium
47:10 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #100 - Belgium Ease Past Russia In Euro 2020 Opener

First of all, apologies for the technical issues. Luckily we got to the crux of the issue, but could not unfortunately salvage James' track, which is still suffering from some distortion.

Russia finally secured their first win at a European Championships since 2012 with a well-controlled 1-0 victory over Finland. Aleksey Miranchuk was the difference between the two, as James & David are joined by Mark and Rich of the Finnish Football Show website & podcast.

Give the lads a follow & check their work out at:

• Finnish Football Show Podcast on all your favourite platforms
• @FCSuomi on Twitter
• finnishfootballshow.com

Timestamps:

00:00 - Intro
01:35 - Finland 0-1 Russia in Review
35:22 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #101 - Russia Defeat Finland Through Miranchuk's Sublime Strike

This week, James & David are joined by a special guest. That guest is none other than the former Editor-in-Chief of RFN - the Great Dane himself - Toke Theilade. The pair discuss Russia's Euros in general, focus on the 4-1 defeat to Denmark, and the emotional impact of Christian Eriksen's cardiac arrest & subsequent recovery upon the Danish nation & team.

Timestamps:
Introduction - 00:00
Russia 1-4 Denmark - 02:30
Outro - 45:10

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RFN Podcast #102 - Russia Crash Out Of Euro 2020 Finishing Bottom Of Group B

The RFN Pod team reconvenes just in time for the new season, as we are back just in time for some RPL and European Conference League action. We cast an eye over Sochi's 3-0 win in their Europa Conference League Second Qualification Round First Leg victory over Kesla. The FNL also started two weeks ago but due to some various vacation commitments unfortunately we were not able to record so we will also recap on some of that action before finishing off looking at all the big RPL transfers in the short summer break.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:19 - Sochi 3-0 Kesla
18:15 - The start of the FNL Season
36:04 - RPL Summer Transfers
55:40 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #103 - Sochi Win In Their First Ever European Match, FNL Review & RPL Transfers

This week, the pod team explore all the European fixtures that involved Russian sides (spoilers, it was as disappointing as you'd expect) before rounding up all the RPL action and summer news from those we missed out on last week.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:03 - Partizan Belgrade v Sochi
07:30 - Rubin Kazan v Rakow Czestochowa
17:40 - Benfica v Spartak Moscow
31:15 - CSKA & Khimki
35:50 - Loko & Krasnodar
45:15 - Akhmat
50:20 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #105 - Spartak Out Of The Champions League, Rubin & Sochi out of Europe & RPL Catch-Up

This week on the pod, we discuss the squads for both the Sbornaya and U21 teams for the upcoming national break - the first under new boss Valery Karpin. Recap all the latest in the RPL before rounding off with a quick look over the Hypercube Reform proposals.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:30 - Karpin's First Sbornaya Squad
14:10 - U21 Squad
23:45 - Loko v Zenit
29:18 - Krasnodar v Arsenal
34:19 - CSKA v Rostov
39:01 - Nizhny v Ufa
44:00 - Carl Starfelt @ Celtic
45:29 - RFU x Hypercube Reforms
1:13:40 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #106 - Karpin’s First Russia Squad, Hypercube Reforms & Latest RPL Action

On this week's pod, we record earlier than scheduled - with the RPL games brought forward to Thursday & Friday at the behest of Valery Karpin in order to have more training time with his Sbornaya squad in the upcoming international break. We discuss all the latest RPL action as Dynamo top the league for the first time in years, get all the latest lowdown on transfers and start off with all the juicy information regarding the foreigner limit after the RPL clubs met in the week.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:14 - Foreigner Limit Proposals & Decisions(?)
17:30 - Transfer News & Speculation
39:50 - Dynamo Top the RPL
44:05 - CSKA under Berezutskiy 2
49:52 - Ufa hold Zenit
56:30 - Cordoba @ Krasnodar & Loko win
1:02:25 - Worst Foreign Players in the RPL
1:12:05 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #107 - Foreigner Limit Club Votes, Transfer News & Dynamo Tops The RPL

After taking our own short international break last week we are reconvening here to discuss all three of Russia’s recent WC qualifying games - the first three under new boss Valery Karpin. Then, take a look at how the U21s faired in their two games & ahead of the return of the RPL this weekend and after deadline day yesterday shall summarise the entire window as a whole.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:10 - Russia 0-0 Croatia
07:20 - Cyprus 0-2 Russia
11:40 - Captaincy Debate
21:12 - Russia 2-0 Malta
29:00 - Russia U21s
45:00 - Transfer Window Summary

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RFN Podcast #108 - Russia Under Valery Karpin, U21s Impress & Transfer Window Summary

Attention turns to European matters this week, as the UCL & UEL Group Stages return. We have fingers in more pies than a leper in a cookery class as Zenit travelled to Chelsea while Spartak & Lokomotiv hosted Legia and Marseille in Moscow respectively. We'll discuss all of that including a special guest appearance at the end.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:47 - Chelsea 0-1 Zenit
24:13 - Spartak 0-1 Legia
48:35 - Loko 1-1 Marseille
01:03:22 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #109 - Lokomotiv Draw With Marseille, Chelsea Defeat Zenit & Spartak Lose In Europe

This week, James & David are joined by Hanu from the Whatever This Is Podcast to discuss all the midweek European games involving Russian clubs.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
02:10 - Zenit 4-0 Malmo
18:05 - Napoli 2-3 Spartak
43:18 - Lazio 2-0 Loko
01:00:46 - Russia U21s & RPL Keepers
01:10:00 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #111 - Zenit Demolish Malmo, Spartak Win In Napoli & Loko Downed By Lazio

James & David cover all the latest goings-on in Russian Football, mainly Lokomotiv & Marko Nikolic parting ways, analysing a weekend of upsets in the RPL before discussing the cavalcade of changes that engulfed Valery Karpin's Russia squad in the past two weeks.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:18 - Nikolic Leaves Loko
23:03 - Loko 1-2 Rostov
28:27 - Rubin 0-1 Nizhny
35:50 - Dynamo 0-1 Krylia
42:23 - CSKA 0-0 Krasnodar
48:39 - Zenit 1-2 Sochi
57:28 - Russia Squad Changes
01:08:50 - Pryadkin Resigns as RPL President
01:12:24 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #112 - Marko Nikolic Sacked, Upsets Galore In The RPL & Sbornaya Squad Changes

This week, we discuss the Russia games, Richard writes a biography of Markus Gisdol, David waxes lyrical about some players nobody has heard of before and James forgets how league tables work in a hectic end to the pod. 

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
02:20 - Russia 1-0 Slovakia
14:34 - Slovenia 1-2 Russia
25:02 - Russia U21 Matches
32:38 - Markus Gisdol in at Lokomotiv
48:47 - Latest FNL Action
59:03 - PFL Broken Website
01:02:02 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #113 - Orenburg Tops The FNL (again), Gisdol @ Loko & Karpin Is Actually Good At Russia

We look back at a d disappointing week in Europe as Spartak lost 4-3 to Leicester, Zenit fell 1-0 to a late Dejan Kulusevski goal for Juve and Lokomotiv also conceded late in a 1-0 loss against Galatasary. We also unpack all the RPL action from last weekend.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:31 - Spartak 3-4 Leicester
19:18 - Zenit 0-1 Juventus
33:36 - Lokomotiv 0-1 Galatasary
49:40 - RPL Round 11
01:13:02 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #114 - Midweek European Fixtures & RPL Round 11

James & Richard deep-dive into the big game of the weekend as Zenit defeated Spartak 7-1 & covered the rest of the RPL games before exploring the gargantuan 41-man Russia squad.

Timestamps:
00:57 - Zenit 7-1 Spartak
25:01 - CSKA 3-1 Krylia
34:50 - Akhmat 1-0 Ural
38:59 - Dinamo v Zenit Preview
47:06 - Karpin's 41-man Squad
59:51 - Russian Cup Next Round
01:00:30 - "Shomurodov" Controversy
01:02:17 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #115 - Zenit's Magnificent Seven Over Spartak, Russia Squad And The Russian Cup

It was a mixed week in Europe this time out, as Zenit lost to Juve while Lokomotiv and Spartak drew with Galatasary and Leicester respectively away from home.

We also take another look at the upcoming Russia squad and recap all of the RPL Round 13 Action from the last week.

Also, apologies for James' sore throat this week, blame him for going to two away games and shouting at Sunderland for losing 5-1 & 3-0 in them...

Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
00:50 - European Matches Roundup
02:10 - Juve 4-2 Zenit
09:01 - Galatasary 1-1 Lokomotiv
15:33 - Leicester 1-1 Spartak
25:40 - League Coefficients 
30:24 - Karpin's Russia Squad Reduced to 30
37:48 - RPL Round 13
38:36 - Rubin 1-0 CSKA
41:30 - Arsenal 1-2 Sochi
45:16 - Krasnodar 0-1 Krylia
49:02 - Zenit 4-1 Dynamo
52:34 - News in Brief
54:51 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #116 - Spartak & Lokomotiv Draw Away While Juve Beat Zenit In Europe

James & David focus on the Sbornaya Senior, U21 & U19 squads in an International Football special. We do dive into the RPL right at the end but as the last game week was almost 2 weeks ago now that is old hat, as David stans Karpin & Gladyshev for 20 minutes instead.

Timestamps:
Intro - 00:00
Sbornaya - 01:10
U21s - 18:17
U19s - 37:18
RPL Catch-Up - 43:49
Outro - 55:51

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RFN Podcast #117 - No-Russian (Premier League): International Special

This week, Rich returns as we all dissect the midweek European games involving Russian sides as Spartak defeat Napoli again. Then, we quickly look at Russia's opponents in the WC 2022 Playoffs draw before delving deep into Ralf Rangnick's time at Lokomotiv & impending move to Manchester United.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
03:05 - Malmo 1-1 Zenit
14:11 - Spartak 2-1 Napoli
33:06 - Lokomotiv 0-3 Lazio
37:00 - 2022 World Cup Playoff Draw
40:18 - Rangnick to Manchester United
58:51 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #118 - Ralf Rangnick To Manchester United & Spartak Moscow's Win Over Napoli

On David's last pod before his Christmas vacation, we take a look at what to expect from Tomas Zorn in his "new" role at Lokomotiv and ask whether or not Ralf Rangnick still exerts his influence at the club from afar. We also review all the latest in the RPL and take a look back at the FNL Winter part of the season as a whole with their break already underway.

Timestamps:
01:24 - Zorn's "New" Role
20:48 - FNL Winter Review
37:02 - RPL Action
37:10 - Khimki 3-3 Krasnodar
40:13 - Arsenal 3-1 Lokomotiv
45:08 - Rubin 2-3 Dynamo
52:13 - News in Brief
57:03 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #119 - Zorn @ Lokomotiv, FNL Winter Review & RPL Action

This week on the pod, it's a red & white takeover as James is joined by Hanu & Alexey to discuss Spartak's second-ever European Group Table-Topping campaign before checking out the rest of the midweek European results.

Hanu - @H4nuu & @PodcastWTI
Alexey - @loonyspectre

Timestamps
00:00 - Intro
04:15 - Spartak's Table-Topping European Campaign
32:34 - Zenit's draw against Chelsea
50:40 - Lokomotiv's Disappointing Campaign
1:06:35 - Outro

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RFN Podcast #120 - Spartak's Historic Triumph, Zenit's Excellent Result v Chelsea & Lokomotiv Exist

This week on the pod, Richard takes over hosting duties and he is joined by Football Radar's Anna Konovalova. Anna is a Moscow-native Spartak fan and an expert in Russian, German and Austrian football.

Follow Anna on Twitter:
@iamanch
@FRFussballAnna
@HexenkesselPod - Anna's pod on German football in Russian

Thus, the pair discuss the swathes of German specialists taking over at RPL clubs, discuss parallels between Austrian & Russian football and evaluate the Hypercube reforms suggesting following that of the Austrian Bundesliga, and finish off with evaluating all the big events of the past week including; Rui Vitoria's sacking, Paolo Vanoli's arrival at Spartak and all the action from the Dynamo - Zenit match at the top of the table.

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RFN Podcast #121 - The "German Revolution" in the RPL With Football Radar's Anna Konovalova

Host Thomas Giles is joined by writers Andrew Flint and David Sansun as well as Editor Toke Theilade.

The four of them debate who should be the new manager of the Russian national time following Leonid's Slutsky's exit after a disastorous Euro 2016 campaign.

Then, with pre-season now underway, they talk about Hulk's big-money move from Zenit St. Petersburg to China as well as other potential player exits from Saint- Petersburg.

Finally they discuss Rubin Kazan's future both short and long term as the former RPL champions have done relatively big deals in the transfer market so far.

Who Comes After Slutsky, Hulk's big-money move to China and Rubin's summer spending

In this special episode of the RFN Podcast, your usual host James Nickels sat down with Rob Pratley and Kirill Belskiy of SW6Daily to preview Krasnodar v Chelsea from the away sides' perspective. We discussed the Blues' European hopes for the season, Frank Lampard's first year and a bit as boss before deep-diving into the game and Roman Abramovich's continued ownership of the London side.

Thanks again to Rob and Kirill, Check out SW6Daily and for any Russian Chelsea fans, Kirill also runs a Russian-speaking YouTube channel, Chelsea News.

Timestamps:
1:50 - Chelsea 0-0 Sevilla
3:48 - Frank Lampard's Time as Chelsea Boss
9:10 - Chelsea Tactical Analysis
12:40 - Spending Spree at the Bridge
22:10 - The Blues' Dangermen
27:35 - Krasnodar's Biggest Threats
33:00 - Musaev Learning from the Past
37:20 - Abramovich's State of Affairs Running the Club
40:20 - Hammersmith & Chelsea Food Bank Details
41:50 - Chelsea's Expectations in the UCL
46:05 - Krasnodar's Expectations
48:50 - Score Predictions
51:00 - Situation in Belarus & Football's Impact
55:45 - SW6 Socials, Links & Info
56:40 - Kirill's Russian-Speaking Chelsea News YouTube Channel

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RFN Podcast Special - Krasnodar v Chelsea Preview with Rob and Kirill from SW6Daily

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