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Zenit St. Petersburg leader Konstantin Zyryanov could use this weekend’s central game in the Russian Premier League against Dynamo Moscow to chart a path into the European Top 23, the FTBL list of the Old Continents’ best midfielders.

Zenit St. Petersburg’s Aleksandr Anyukov captured the lead in the FTBL ranking of Russian defenders as his side defeated CSKA Moscow 2:0 in Russian Premier League action yesterday.

CSKA Moscow’s Sergei Ignashevich (pictured second from the left) scored one of the goals in Russia’s 3:1 win over Wales in World Cup 2010 qualifying on Wednesday, boosting his overall FTBL rating by 15.63 points and firming his grip on the top spot of

For Stuttgart’s Russian forward Pavel Pogrebnyak (pictured in a red jersey), the World Cup 2010 qualifier against Liechtenstein on Saturday will be anything but easy: the striker has admitted that he has not forgotten last spring’s game when Russia struggled

Russian Premier League side Zenit St Petersburg are interested in signing Inter Milan’s forward Mario Balotelli, as well Olympique Lyon’s Italy international Fabio Grosso, according to 4-4-2.com, a German internet web site. The Russians are said to be