The Russian Football Union has announced the appointments of referees for the first round of Premier League matches. This was reported by Euro-football.ru.
A group of referees led by Vasiliy Kazartsev will officiate the match between Spartak and Makhachkala's Dynamo. Video assistant referees Andrey Fisenko (VAR) and Pavel Shadykhanov (AVAR) will assist.
The main referee for the match between Zenit and Rostov will be Rafael Shafeyev. He will be assisted by Vitaliy Meshkov (VAR) if necessary, with Roman Galimov (AVAR) as his assistant.
Another group of referees, led by Yan Bobrovskiy, will officiate the opening match of the season between Dynamo and Baltika on Friday. Kirill Levnikov has been appointed as the video assistant referee, with Anton Frolov as his assistant.
Other referee appointments can be found in the official announcement of the Russian Football Union.
