Here is the full list of referees and match officials for the opening matchday of the 2021/22 Russian Premier Liga season.

Friday 23 July

Rostov vs Dynamo: referee - Vladimir Moskalev; assistant referees - Vladislav Nazarov, Aram Petrosyan; 4th official - Evgeny Bulanov; VAR - Pavel Kukuyan; assistant VAR - Aleksey Lunev; inspector - Sergey Lapochkin; RPL delegate - Dmitry Bashkeev.

Saturday 24 July

Khimki vs Zenit: referee - Evgeny Kukulyak; assistant referees - Valentin Murashov, Konstantin Shalamberidze; 4th official - Anton Anopa; VAR - Aleksey Amelin; assistant VAR - Andrey Bolotenkov; inspector - Eduard Maly; RPL delegate - Vladislav Baranovsky.

Lokomotiv vs Arsenal: referee - Igor Panin; assistant referees - Dmitry Zhvakin, Rashid Abusuyev; 4th official - Andrey Fisenko; VAR - Vitaly Meshkov; assistant VAR - Nikolay Bogach; inspector - Nikolay Ivanov; RPL delegate - Ildar Zaripov.

Rubin vs Spartak: referee - Vladislav Bezborodov; assistant referees - Aleksey Stipidy, Roman Usachev; 4th official - Dmitry Streltsov; VAR - Aleksey Sukhoy; assistant VAR - Nikolay Eremin; inspector - Gennady Kulichenkov; RPL delegate - Aleksandr Safonov.

Sunday 25 July

Ural vs Krasnodar: referee - Vasily Kazartsev; assistant referees - Aleksey Vorontsov, Aleksandr Kudryavtsev; reserve referee - Roman Safyan; VAR - Ivan Sidenkov; assistant VAR - Anton Kobzev; inspector - Feyzudin Erzimanov; RPL delegate - Viktor Pyshkin.

Krylia Sovetov vs Akhmat: referee - Kirill Levnikov; assistant referees - Egor Bolkhovitin, Aleksey Shiryaev; 4th official - Kirill Silantyev; VAR - Evgeny Turbin; assistant VAR - Valery Danchenko; inspector - Andrey Butenko; RPL delegate - Ivan Suvorov.

CSKA vs Ufa: referee - Sergey Ivanov; assistant referees - Roman Milyuchenko, Rustam Mukhtarov; 4th official - Sergey Tsyganok; VAR - Artem Lyubimov; assistant VAR - Tikhon Kalugin; inspector - Aleksandr Kolobaev; RPL delegate - Aleksey Polyakov.

Monday 26 July

Nizhny Novgorod vs Sochi: referee - Pavel Shadykhanov; assistant referees - Adlan Khatuev, Ilya Eleferenko; 4th official - Roman Galimov; VAR - Aleksey Matyunin; assistant VAR - Dmitry Cheltsov; inspector - Sergey Martynov; RPL delegate - Dmitry Soldatkin.