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Russian Football News is the only English website dedicated solely to Russian football. We give you the insight look into the wonderful and chaotic world of Russian football. The RFN Podcast is the audio arm of the website, established in 2015.
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RFN Podcast #82 - Zenit beat Spartak, Chalov Hattrick, Khimki Win & Financial Crisis Deepens
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This week on the RFN Podcast, we cover the last two game weeks of RPL action, including Zenit's 3-1 win over Spartak, Krasnodar thrashing Loko 5-0, Chalov scoring a hattrick and Khimki continuing their unbeaten run. Then we finish off by digging deep into the financial crisis enveloping Russian football as a result of the Coivd-19 pandemic.Timestam…
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RFN Podcast #81 - UCL Group Stages Over, RPL Recap & Shamil Gazizov Dumped By Spartak
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This week on the RFN Podcast, we look back at the final round of UCL Group Stage Fixtures, including Krasnodar's impressive 1-1 draw with Chelsea in London, then move onto recapping the latest in the RPL, cast our eyes over some crazy stories regarding Ramzan Kadyrov and finish off by unpacking the long and tumultuous Shamil Gazizov saga at Spartak…
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RFN Podcast #80 - Krasnodar Win In Europe, Foreigner Limits & Vasiliy Kiknadze Sacked?
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After almost an entire year, we finally have another win in the Champions League group stages as Krasnodar defeated Rennes at home on Wednesday evening. However, elsewhere Loko lost against Red Bull Salzburg and are effectively eliminated, while Zenit were trounced by Brugge.The RPL also hots up this week with three sides level at the top, Ufa pull…
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RFN Podcast #79 - Russian Sides In Europe & Cherchesov Controversy With Match TV’s Mikhail Polenov
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This week on the Russian Football News Podcast, James & David are joined by none other than Match TV Commentator, Pundit and Broadcaster Mikhail Polenov. The trio discusses the return of European Football since our last regular podcast, and it’s been quite the week.Lokomotiv battled hard to another brilliant result, drawing 0-0 away in Madrid, whil…
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RFN Podcast Special - Previewing CSKA V Feyenoord With Rob Van Elewout Of The Kein Geloel Podcast
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In our Fourth European Preview Special Episode of the RFN Podcast, your host James Nickels sits down with Rob van Elewout of the Kein Geloel Podcast to preview the upcoming Europa League game between CSKA Moscow and Feyenoord.RFN Socials:Twitter - @RusFootballNewsInstagram - rusfootballnewsYoutube - Russian Football NewsEmail - russianfootballnews1…
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RFN Podcast #78 - Russian Football Mailbag & Should Russia Sack Stanislav Cherchesov?
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This week on the RFN Podcast, James Nickels, David Sansun and Richard Pike deep dive into one of Russia's worst and most embarrassing games in their recent history, the 5-0 loss to Serbia, and ask whether or not this should result in the end of Stanislav Cherchesov's tenure as team manager? We then open the RFN Mailbag once again, answering all you…
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RFN Podcast #77 - Russia v Moldova, RPL’s Crazy Week & Mid - Season Review
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On this week's RFN Podcast, James Nickels, Artem Makarevitch and Hanu Trivedi discuss Stani Cherchesov's team selection against Moldova and analyse Russia's 0-0 draw, look back at the RPL's crazy weekend including that certain Dzyuba incident, thrashings and surprise results & finish off with some Mid-Season Awards.Timestamps:01:47 - Moldova 0-0 Ru…
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RFN Podcast #76 - Zenit & Krasnodar Falter in Europe, Loko Excel Again & CSKA Top the RPL
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On Episode #76 of the RFN Podcast, your regular podcast team discusses all the latest in the three UCL games, and as we've missed out on some of CSKA's European exploits due to scheduling conflict's, focus on them as they top the RPL for the first time since September 2019.Timestamps:01:30 - Loko's excellent draw with Atletico19:26 - Zenit's Europe…
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RFN Podcast Special - Lokomotiv Moscow v Atletico Madrid Preview w/ Ricky Menendez Of Esto Es Atleti
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In our Third European Preview Special Episode of the RFN Podcast, your host James Nickels sits down with Ricky Menendez of both Esto es Atleti, a weekly podcast on all things Los Rojiblancos, and Maneras De Vivir, a weekly Atleti radio show.We preview the Loko v Atleti game on Tuesday and discuss what the longer-term UCL aspirations are of each sid…
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RFN Podcast #75 - Chelsea Batter Krasnodar, Zenit Stumble in Dortmund, Loko v Bayern & TedesGOAT
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This week on the RFN Podcast, regulars James Nickels, David Sansun & Richard Pike deep dive into this week's European fixtures, including Loko's auspicious and gutsy performance against Bayern, Zenit stumbling to a 2-0 loss to Dortmund, a depleted Krasnodar shooting themselves in the foot against Chelsea and CSKA's inability to score v Dinamo Zagre…
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RFN Podcast Special - Krasnodar v Chelsea Preview with Rob and Kirill from SW6Daily
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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'…
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RFN Podcast #74 - Loko and Krasnodar UCL Success, RPL Quick Kicks & Are Zenit Frauds?
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This week on the RFN Podcast, James Nickels, Richard Pike and Hanu Trivedi discuss the trio of Champions League games in which Krasnodar and Loko pick up respectable draws away while Zenit fails at home to Club Brugge, then they take some quick kicks around some of the notable RPL action.Timestamps:1:25 - The Meme Lord Eder Strikes in Austria12:41 …
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RFN Podcast #73 - Sbornaya Review, Rostov Go Shopping, Zenit v Brugge Interview & Dynamo’s New Boss
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We have a full-bag this week on the RFN Pod, as James Nickels, David Sansun and Richard Pike discuss all things international, looking at Russia's Nation's League games v Turkey and Hungary and assess the U21s qualification to the 2021 European U21 Championship. Then, they move onto Rostov and overview their last-minute transfer craze, announcing f…
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RFN Podcast #72 - Spartak V Zenit, Russia’s International Games And The Russian Football Mailbag
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This week on the RFN Podcast, James Nickels, Richard Pike and Andrew Flint review the shared spoils in El Klassikov at the weekend, look ahead to Russia's Nation's League games with Turkey & Hungary and kick-off the all-new RFN Mailbag answering your questions, including why 11 Eder's are better than Messi & look at what's going on in Rostov High S…
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RFN Podcast #71 - Krasnodar In The Champions League, Novikov Sacked & Rostov’s Fire - Sale
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In a special European Football themed episode of the RFN Podcast, regulars James Nickels, David Sansun and Richard Pike celebrate Krasnodar qualifying for their first-ever Champions League group stage campaign, analyse Dinamo Moscow sacking their manager Kiril Novikov and review Rostov's current fire sale amidst the latter two team's failures in th…
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RFN Podcast #70 - Krasnodar Half - Way To The UCL, CSKA On-Form & More RPL Action
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This week on the RFN Podcast, regulars James Nickels, David Sansun and Richard Pike review Krasnodar's first-leg victory over PAOK in the UCL Third Qualifying Round, deep dive and focus on CSKA Moscow's auspicious start to the season before rounding off a host of quick kicks from the most recent RPL action.…
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RFN Podcast #69 - Main - Moscow Derby, Rotor Coronavirus Outbreak & PAOK V Krasnodar Preview
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This week on the RFN Podcast, regulars James & David are joined by returnee Artem Makarevitch and debutant Hanu Trivedi, who form the Whatever This Is Podcast team. The four dissect the Main-Moscow derby and gush over Chidera Ejuke's CSKA debut, discuss Artem Dzyuba's ice-cold finishing in Zenit's win over Arsenal and deep dive into the COVID-19 ou…
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RFN Podcast #68 - Sbornaya Flying in the Nations League, Transfer Roundup & Return of the RPL
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This week on the RFN Podcast, James Nickels, Richard Pike and Andrew Flint get together to discuss all the latest goings on in the wonderful and mad world of Russian Football, including: Russia's auspicious start to their Nation's League campaign, all the latest transfers including Alexey Miranchuk's move to Atalanta & Daniil Lesovoy's bargain shif…
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RFN Podcast #67 - Nation's League Preview, European Ties & Spartak in Focus
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This week on the RFN Podcast, James Nickels & David Sansun overviews the European qualifying draw and looks ahead to see how each of Krasnodar, Dinamo Moscow and Rostov may fare in their respective ties, deep dives into Spartak's unlikely title-leading run to the top of the RPL under Domenico Tedesco and finally previews this weekend's Nations Leag…
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RFN Podcast #66 - Sbornaya Selection, Zenit's Winning Streak Over & High - Flying Leopards
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This week on the RFN Podcast, James Nickels, David Sansun and Andrew Flint analyses Stanislav Cherchesov's latest Sbornaya squad, take a look back at the latest RPL action including Spartak v Loko and Dinamo v CSKA and finally deep dive on Sochi's great form taking them to third in the Premier Liga.By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #65 - Ural’s draw with Loko, Moro and Kamano in and Miranchuk to Milan?
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This week on the RFN Podcast, James Nickels, Andrew Flint and Richard Pike welcome the recent arrivals of Francois Kamano & Nikola Moro to the RPL, cover all the latest in the transfer saga that could be Alexey Miranchuk to AC Milan, deep dive into Ural Ekaterinburg and round-up the rest of the latest Premier Liga action.…
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RFN Podcast #64 - Polygraph Tests, Rampant Bulls and Spartak’s RPL Withdrawal?
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On this weeks RFN Podcast, James Nickels, David Sansun and Andrew Flint deep dives into the refereeing decisions that beset the game in the nation, particularly looking at Spartak Moscow and Rubin Kazan, round up some quick kicks on the rest of the matches, look in-depth at Krasnodar's promising start and highlight Sergey Pinyaev's first-ever goal …
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RFN Podcast #63 - Russian Premier Liga Season Preview
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This week, we have a full house as James Nickels, David Sansun, Andrew Flint and Richard Pike go into depth on the upcoming RPL season, previewing each team, looking at some exciting transfers to come and make some bold predictions for the season.By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #62 - Russian Cup Final Review, Kokorin’s Future & New FNL Season
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This week on the RFN Podcast, James Nickels, David Sansun and Andrew Flint discuss the weekend's Cup Final match, ponder over the future of Aleksandr Kokorin, preview the FNL Season and deep dive into the debacle surrounding the PFL East.By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #61 - RPL Team of the Season and Russian Cup Final Preview
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On a bumper end of season episode, the RFN Podcast team take a deep dive into their Team of the Season for the 2019/20 RPL and preview the Russian Cup Final between Zenit and FC Khimki.By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #60 - Sochi Coronavirus Outbreak, The Race for Europe & Russian Cup Semi-Finals Preview
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RFN Podcast regulars James Nickels and Andrew Flint discuss all the latest in the wonderful world of Russian football, including the COVID-19 outbreak down at Sochi, overview the Race for the European spots, deep dive into refereeing and Kvicha Kvaratskhelia before rounding out with a preview of this weekend's Russian Cup Semi Final matches.…
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RFN Podcast #59 - Zenit Crowned Champions, Thomas Zorn Sacked & The Relegation Battle
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Host James Nickels is joined by David Sansun and Richard Pike to discuss how Zenit became Champions of the Russian Premier Liga for the second year in a row, how they can build on the title win, look into Thomas Zorn's sacking as General Director at Spartak and round off with a quick look into the current relegation battle that is hotting up.…
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RFN Podcast #58 - Managerial Changes, Disastrous Refereeing & Orenburg Crisis
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Host James Nickels is joined by David Sansun and Andrew Flint as the trio discuss the relegation battle and managerial changes that are taking place in the RPL, deep dive into the controversial refereeing that has plagued the restart and lament lowly Orenburg's current crisis.By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #57 – Goncharenko’s Future, Malcom Turns on the Style & More Coronavirus Controversy
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Your host James Nickels is joined by David Sansun and Andrew Flint as the trio discuss CSKA's demolition at the hands of Zenit & subsequent cloudy future surrounding Viktor Goncharenko, Malcom finally hitting top form, more racist chanting, and the increasingly baffling and embarrassing coronavirus controversy before rounding up with a quick look a…
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RFN Podcast #56 - RPL Preview & Rostov Covid-19 Outbreak
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Editor-in-Chief James Nickels makes his debut on hosting duties, he is joined by the usual suspects, David Samsun and Andrew Flint. The trio discuss the return of RPL action, preview the weekend's games and analyse the Covid-19 outbreak amidst Rostov's training ground.By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #39 - Spartak v Liverpool & CSKA v Manchester United Previews
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In this special edition of the Russian Football News Podcast, host Thomas Giles is joined by Toke Theilade and Artem Makarevitch to preview the week's European games.Moscow hosts historic English rivals Liverpool and Manchester United as they travel to the Russian capital to take on Spartak and CSKA respectively.In the Europa League, Zenit host lik…
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RFN Podcast #55 - RPL season restarts, YouTube streams and Dyukov appointed head of RFU
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Podcast host Thomas Giles is once again joined by Editor-in-Chief James Nickels, and writers David Samsun and Andrew Flint. The quadruple discuss the return of RPL action and the recent transnfer window, the all new live-streaming service and finish off with an in-depth look at what the appointment of new RFU President Aleksandr Dyukov could mean f…
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RFN Podcast #54 - Spartak appoint Kononov, Russia in the Nations League & Chertanovo deep-dive
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Podcast host Thomas Giles is once again joined by Editor-in-Chief James Nickels and editor David Samsun. The trio discusses Spartak Moscow appointing Oleg Kononov as Head Coach, review Russia’s Nations League and delve deep into the world of Chertanovo Moscow.[Re-Upload]By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #53 - Russian clubs suffer in Europe, Rostov resurgent, and Enisey finally go home
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As the season creeps by, regular host Thomas Giles is joined by Editor-In-Chief James Nickels and debutant Richard Pike. They discuss the difficult start in Europe for Russian sides, look back at the tempestuous main Moscow Derby, analyse Rostov’s Solid start and discuss Enisey finally finding their way home.[Re-Upload]…
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RFN Podcast #52 - Russia beat Turkey in Nations League, European Previews & Dinamo Troubles in RPL
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After a brief hiatus, the RFN Podcast is back! Host Thomas Giles is joined by Andrew Flint and David Sansun. They discuss all things Sbornaya, looking back at the victory over Turkey and the Czech Republic game, review the season so far and take a deep dive into Dinamo Moscow’s continuing troubles.[Re-Upload]…
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RFN Podcast #51 - Stanislav Cherchesov selects his World Cup squad
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The RFN team are back for the 2018 World Cup and chew through the announcement of Stanislav Cherchesov's sqaud for the tournament.[Re-Upload]By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #50 - Russia's defeat to Austria, 2018 World Cup and tributes to Andrey Arshavin
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In the latest edition of the RFN Podcast, host Thomas Giles is joined by Toke Theilade and James Nickels. They discuss all things Sbornaya, looking back at the disappointing defeat in Austria, preview Russia’s World Cup group and pay tribute to the little master; Andrey Arshavin.[Re-Upload]By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #49 - Mancini and Carrera set to leave and Russian Cup Final preview
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Join Thomas Giles, Toke Theilade, and David Sansun, for the latest news from the 2018 World Cup host country.This week rumours have circulated that twin-Italian managers Roberto Mancini and Massimo Carrera may be leaving Zenit and Spartak respectively now the season is coming to and end & we look forward to Ural v Loko.[Re-Upload]…
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RFN Podcast #48 - Amkar sell their match, CSKA Moscow travel to Arsenal and the race for sixth
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The RFN Podcast is back! Thomas Giles, David Sansun & James Nickels bring the latest from the 2018 World Cup host country. The team preview the Europa League Quarter Final between Arsenal and CSKA Moscow at the Emirates, discuss the race for 6th and extra European spot and recap how Amkar Perm sold a home game to Lokomotiv Moscow. #Only in Russia.[…
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RFN Podcast #47 - RPL is back, European previews and transfer roundup
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Thomas Giles hosts David Sansun and James Nickels as they discuss the restart of the Russian Premier League and also take a look at the European action involving RPL clubs.[Re-Upload]By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #46 - Europa League Review, World Cup Dark Horses, FNL Cup
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Thomas Giles, Toke Theilade, & Andrew Flint bring the latest from the 2018 World Cup host country, with a Europa League review, a look at some possible dark horses for the World Cup, and an FNL Cup round-up.[Re-Upload]By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #45 - RFN Top 50, Transfer Window Latest & Europa League Previews
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The Russian Football News team return with the latest from the 2018 World Cup host country. On this episode they reveal the RFN Top 50, provide an update on the transfer window, and preview Russian teams in Europa League action.[Re-Upload]By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #44 - RPL Reforms, Mutko resigns, which RFPL players should foreign clubs sign?
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The Russian Football news team are back to discuss the latest goings on in Russian football. On this episode they discuss RFPL reforms, Vitaly Mutko's resignation, and look at which RFPL players foreign clubs should sign.[Re-Upload]By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #43 - Slutsky Leaves Hull & RFPL Takes Winter Break
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Thomas Giles, Toke Theilade and James Nickels provide their usual insight into Russian football, and discuss the latest issues, including the departure of Leonid Slutsky at English side Hull City, and provide a mid-season review as the RFPL moves into the Winter Break.[Re-Upload]By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #42 - Calendar Controversies, Zenit Crisis and Ural Surprise
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Thomas Giles, Andrew Flint, and Toke Theilade provide their usual insight into Russian football, and discuss the latest issues, including the political debate over SKA Khabarovsk – Lokomotiv Moscow, Zenit St. Petersburg’s usual winter crisis and FC Ural’s good form.[Re-Upload]By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #41 - Kononov Leaves Akhmat, Arsenal Tula, Russia squad & Football Manager 2018
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Host Thomas Giles is joined by David Sansun and Neil Salata to talk about Oleg Kononov's shock resignation from Akhmat Grozny before discussing whether Arsenal Tula's excellent recent form makes them the surprise package of the Russian Premier League season so far.The trio then dissect Stanislav Cherchesov's latest Russian National Team squad which…
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RFN Podcast #40 - The newly-promoted teams, Krasnodar's rough patch & Konstantin Sarsania's Legacy
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The RFN panel analyse how the newly promoted teams are getting on this seson, discuss Krasnodar’s rough patch, & look at the legacy left by the unforunate passing of Zenit director Konstantin Sarsania.[Re-Upload]By Russian Football News
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RFN Podcast #38 - European draw and Reforming the FNL
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Host Thomas Giles is joined by Andrew Flint and debutant James Nickels to discuss the latest in Russian football. The trio give their thoughts on the chances of Russian teams in Europe following last week’s draws before trying to find a solution to Russia’s poorly organised second tier.[Re-Upload]By Russian Football News
