RPL Week 40 Round-Up: Nalchik & Tomsk on the brink as Zenit made to wait

Alex Jackson rounds up the action from week 40 of the Russian Premier League with Andrei Arshavin on target again as Zenit open up a 12-point lead at the top

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RPL Week 39 Round-Up: Zenit Zero In On Title

Zenit’s win over CSKA puts them 12 points clear at the top with only five games to play

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RPL Week 38 Round-Up: Zenit March Towards Title as Armymen Drop More Points

Guus Hiddink’s Anzhi were frustrated in their push for Europe as they were held to a goal-less draw by CSKA Moscow

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RPL Week 37 Round-Up: Dikan Fractures Skull while Dynamo and Rubin win

Russian football expert, Alex Jackson observes a bruising weekend of action from the RPL

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RPL Round-Up: All-Draw Bore At The Top While Four Seem Set For The Drop

It was draws all round in the Championship Division while in the Relegation Division a foreboding chasm between those in the relegation mire and those clear of it opened up.

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RPL Round-Up: Arshavin Returns But Zenit Forced To Settle For A Share Of The Spoils

After almost three months the RPL’s historic transitional season resumed with the arrival of familiar faces from the English Premier League including Andrei Arshavin, Roman Pavlyuchenko, Christopher Samba, and Diniya Biyaletdinov.

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Arsenal’s Arshavin set for Zenit Return but will the Nightingale Sing Again?

Arsenal fans maybe glad to see the back of Andrey Arshavin who returns for Zenit in today’s match against CSKA

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RPL Transfer Window Round-Up: Tevez and Arshavin Wait in the Wings as Roman Returns

Roman Pavlyuchenko has moved from Tottenham Hotspur to Lokomotiv Moscow, and with the Russian transfer window not closing until February 24 and Arshavin and Tevez still in limbo, there could be many more players heading east.

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RPL Week 32 Round-Up: Zenit Streak Ahead, Anzhi Upset the Old-School and a Dog is Caught At Fortress Kazan

Zenit’s Danny and Sergei Semak were on target as they moved six points clear at the top of the table.

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RPL Week 31 Round-Up: Zenit and CSKA Trip Up as Second Phase Kicks Off

As the RPL splits into two groups the top two dropped points to allow Moscow’s Spartak and Dynamo to close the gap.

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RPL Week 30 Round-up: Zenit Finish as Non-Champions as Russia Realigns

Zenit St. Petersburg have finished top of the pile after 30 games and Tom Tomsk a poor last, but it’s not over just yet.

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RPL Round-up Week 28: Might Moneybags Makhachkala Miss the Champions Mini-League Party?

Alex Jackson on Round 28 of the Russian Premier League with the big match seeing CSKA Moscow beat cash-rich Anzhi Makhachkala with Seydou Doumbia grabbing a hat-trick as Samuel Eto’o registers his almost customary goal.

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