Sunday 3 June 2018 15:56, UK
Russia have confirmed their 23-man squad ahead of their home World Cup, with head coach Stanislav Cherchesov cutting six players from his provisional list.
Former Chelsea player Yuri Zhirkov, CSKA Moscow trio Igor Akinfeev, Alan Dzagoev and Aleksandr Golovin and reported West Ham target Fedor Smolov are all included.
Sergey Ignashevich, the 38-year-old defender with 121 caps, makes the cut, as does Denis Cheryshev, who has recovered from injury in time to make the tournament.
However, Spartak Moscow due Giorgi Jikia and Aleksandr Selikhov, CSKA defender Viktor Vasin and Zenit St Petersburg striker Aleksandr Kokorin all miss out through injury.
The six players who drop out of Cherchesov's squad are Soslan Szhanaev, Aleksandr Tashaev, Fedor Chalov, Ruslan Kambolov and former German youth internationals Roman Neustadter and Konstantin Rausch.
Russia begin their World Cup campaign in the tournament's opening match against Saudi Arabia on June 14, before completing group A with games against Egypt and Uruguay.
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Gabulov (Club Brugge), Andrey Lunev (Zenit St Petersburg)
Defenders: Vladimir Granat, Fedor Kudryashov (both Rubin Kazan), Ilya Kutepov (Spartak Moscow), Andrey Semenov (Akhmat Grozny), Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St Petersburg), Mario Fernandes, Sergey Ignashevich (both CSKA Moscow)
Midfielders: Yuri Gazinskiy (Krasnodar), Alan Dzagoev, Aleksandr Golovin (both CSKA Moscow), Aleksandr Erokhin, Yuri Zhirkov, Daler Kuzyaev (all Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Zobnin, Aleksandr Samedov (both Spartak Moscow), Anton Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow), Denis Cheryshev (Villarreal)
Forwards: Artem Dzyuba (Arsenal Tula), Alexsey Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow), Fedor Smolov (Krasnodar)
