On 22 March National Team of Russia will start preparation for the friendly matches against Lithuania (26 March, Moscow, Otkrytie Arena Stadium, kick-off: 19.00 (Moscow time) and France (29 March, Saint-Denis, Stade de France, kick-off 22.00 (Moscow time).

Dmitry Torbinskiy won’t be able to take part in these matches,  as he got injured in the match against Lokomotiv. The approximate period of recovery is about 10-14 days. The player will be having his treatment in his club.

Alexander Kerzhakov, who got injured in FC Zurich, is going to come to Moscow with all other players. Then the decision will be taken about his treatment and recovery period.

For now there are 28 players in the Players List.

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Guilherme (Lokomotiv Moscow), Stanislav Kritsyuk (Krasnodar), Yury Lodygin (Zenit St.Petersburg).

Defenders: Аlexey Berezutskiy, Vasily Berezutskiy, Sergey Ignashevich (all – CSKA Moscow), Yury Zhirkov, Igor Smolnikov (both – Zenit St.Petersburg), Dmitry Kombarov (Spartak Moscow), Oleg Kuzmin  (Rubin Kazan).

Midfields: Denis Glushakov (Spartak Moscow), Igor Denisov, Alexey Ionov (both – Dynamo Moscow), Alexander Golovin, Alan Dzagoev, Roman Shirokov (all – CSKA Moscow), Oleg Ivanov (Terek Grozny), Ilya Maksimov (Anji Makhachkala), Pavel Mamaev (Krasnodar), Alexander Samedov, Dmitry Tarasov (both – Lokomotiv Moscow),Oleg Shatov, Artur Yusupov (both – Zenit St.Petersburg).

Forwards: Artem Dzyuba, Alexander Kokorin (both – Zenit St.Petersburg), Alexander Kerzhakov (Zurich Switzerland), Fedor Smolov (Krasnodar).