On 22 March, four RPL teams played friendly matches during international break.

Baltika Kaliningrad 9-0 Baltika Kaliningrad U-21
Baltika goals: Guzina (12, 77), Henriquez (17, 20, 59, 75), Pryakhin (32, 43), Malyarov (47)

Baltika Kaliningrad 3-1 Dinamo Minsk
Baltika goals: Kozlov (30), Alex Fernandes (62), Fameyeh (77)

Rubin Kazan 1-1 FC Aktobe
Played two 35-minute halves

FC Pari Nizhny Novgorod 1-0 Znamya Truda Orekhovo-Zuevo
Pari NN goal: Kakkoev (68)

CSKA Moscow 2-1 FC Bunyodkor
CSKA goals: Zabolotny (10), Khellven (13)