FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod officially signed defenders Dmitry Tikhiy and Dmitry Zhivoglyadov.

30-year-old Tikhiy was out of play since March after terminating contract with Khimki, where he had been playing since 2019. Defender played 40 matches for Red-Blacks in FNL and added 57 in RPL. In Khimki Tikhiy worked under Sergey Yuran twice, in 2020 and 2022.

29-year-old Zhivoglyadov recently left Lokomotiv as free agent after four seasons in the team. Defender became Russian Cup and Super Cup winner, added silver and bronze RPL medals. Before Lokomotiv, Zhivoglyadov played for Dynamo Moscow and Ufa in RPL, he combined 157 matches and two goals in the league.

In total Pari NN signed five players during off-season; previously Mateo Stamatov, Aleksandr Troshechkin and Ilya Kukharchuk joined the team. Club also bought out Yaroslav Mikhaylov from Zenit after one-year loan.