Torpedo Moscow signed multi-year contract with 32-year-old midfielder Ilya Kukharchuk, who was free agent since terminating deal with FC Khimki.

Kukharchuk is third signing by Black-Whites this winter, earlier Yury Zhuravlev joined the team from Akhmat, and Evgeny Shlyakov signed after leaving Fakel. Midfielder played under Andrey Talalaev in three clubs, these were Volga Nizhny Novgorod, FC Tambov and FC Khimki.

Torpedo became third club for Kukharchuk in RPL career after Anzhi Makhachkala and FC Khimki. In total player participated in 70 matches and scored 14 times.