The full list of referees and match officials has been announced for matchday five of the Russian Premier Liga.

Saturday 21 August

CSKA vs Akhmat: referee - Sergey Karasev; assistant referees - Igor Demeshko, Maksim Gavrilin; 4th official - Aleksandr Mashlyakevich; VAR - Artem Lyubimov; assistant VAR - Nikolay Bogach; inspector - Nikolay Levnikov; RPL delegate - Aleksey Polyakov.

Arsenal vs Spartak: referee - Vladimir Moskalev; assistant referees - Egor Bolkhovitin, Aram Petrosyan; 4th official - Igor Nizovtsev; VAR - Kirill Levnikov; assistant VAR - Konstantin Shalamberidze; inspector - Vyacheslav Kharlamov; RPL delegate - Aleksandr Safonov.

Ural vs Dynamo: referee - Ivan Sidenkov; assistant referees - Aleksey Shiryaev, Rustam Mukhtarov; 4th official - Konstantin Averyanov; VAR - Sergey Ivanov; assistant VAR - Aleksey Stipidi; inspector - Yury Chebotarev; RPL delegate - Ivan Suvorov.

Ufa vs Zenit: referee - Pavel Shadykhanov; assistant referees - Vladislav Nazarov, Anton Kobzev; 4th official - Dmitry Streltsov; VAR - Anatoly Zhabchenko; assistant VAR - Dmitry Cheltsov; inspector - Gennady Kulichenkov; RPL delegate - Radik Akhmadullin.

Krylia Sovetov vs Sochi: referee - Anton Frolov; assistant referees - Valentin Murashov, Maksim Kovalev; 4th official - Evgeny Bulanov; inspector - Yuri Baskakov; RPL delegate - Sergey Kochetov.

Sunday 22 August

Lokomotiv vs Krasnodar: referee - Vitaly Meshkov; assistant referees - Aleksey Lunev, Dmitry Safyan; 4th official - Aleksandr Mashlyakevich; VAR - Aleksey Sukhoy; assistant VAR - Aleksandr Bogdanov; inspector - Sergey Martynov; RPL delegate - Ildar Zaripov.

Nizhny Novgorod vs Rostov: referee - Evgeny Kukulyak; assistant referees - Dmitry Mosyakin, Dmitry Ermakov; 4th official - Yunus Koshko; VAR - Vladislav Bezborodov; assistant VAR - Tikhon Kalugin; inspector - Garyafiy Zhafyarov; RPL delegate - Boris Larin.

Khimki vs Rubin: referee - Vasily Kazartsev; assistant referees - Ilya Eleferenko, Adlan Khatuev; 4th official - Sergey Cheban; VAR - Sergey Ivanov; assistant VAR - Andrey Bolotenkov; inspector - Nikolay Ivanov; RPL delegate - Aleksandr Razinsky.

The Krylia Sovetov vs Sochi match will be held without the use of VAR, since the VAR center is designed for four fixtures on the matchda