Zenit St. Petersburg and FC Sochi made an agreement on Aleksey Sutormin, who will join Southern club on loan for the rest of 2023/24 season.

30-year-old player is second one to move from St. Petersburg to Sochi this winter; firstly, Sochi loaned Dmitry Chistyakov. Overall, there are nine new signings for the team during the break; another players are Aleksandar Jukic, Hovhannes Harutyunyan, Saul Guarirapa, Ignacio Saavedra, Sergio Cordova, Yahia Attiyat Allah, and Maksim Rudakov.

In the first part of 2023/24 season Sutormin played seven matches in RPL and made two assists, while in the Russian Cup midfielder participated in four games.