Lokomotiv Moscow officially signed midfielder Artem Timofeev as free agent.

30-year-old player left Akhmat Grozny, as his contract expired, and signed one-year deal with the Railwaymen, which includes option to extend it for one more year.

Timofeev spent four years with Akhmat joining at first as loaned player from Spartak, then signing permanent deal. Midfielder scored 15 goals in 118 matches for Grozny in all competitions. In RPL Timofeev also played for Spartak and Krylia Sovetov, his total stats are 159 matches and 17 goals.

Previously Lokomotiv signed goalkeeper Anton Mitryushkin from Khimki as free agent and Dmitry Vorobyev from Orenburg on transfer fee. Before Timofeev left, Akhmat parted ways with Andrey Semenov, Vladimir Ilyin, Mohamed Konate and Nene Gbamble.