The meeting of the second round of of the Russian Premier League of the 2025/26 season will be held on July 26 at VTB Arena and will begin at 17:30 Moscow time.
Assistant judges Rustam Mukhtarov and Stanislav Popkov will help Kukuyan on the lines. Egor Egorov was appointed reserve referee. Evgeny Bulanov and Roman Galimov will be responsible for the video assistance to referees (VAR) system.
Previously, the Sochi referee served 25 matches with the participation of blue and whites, in which Muscovites won 15 victories, suffered 5 defeats and drew 5 times.