Sweden U-21 national team players Armin Gigovic and Pontus Almqvist joined FC Rostov and signed five-year contracts.

Gigovic came to RPL side from Helsingborgs IF, where he played 34 matches in Allsvenskan and scored 1 goal.

Almqvist moved from IFK Norrköping, for whom he played in 28 Allsvenskan games with 5 goals scored.