The national team of Russia will play three 2022 World Cup qualifying matches against Croatia (September 1, Moscow), Cyprus (September 4, Nicosia) and Malta (September 7, Moscow).
Denis Makarov has been called up to the extended squad of the Russian national team. However, he will stay at the club during the international break.
— He makes good use of his playing time at the new club. But we decided to give Denis more time to adapt at Dynamo during the international break — Valery Karpin told.
The final squad of the Russian national team includes 29 players:
Goalkeepers: Marinato Guilherme (Lokomotiv), Yuri Dyupin (Rubin), Andrey Lunyov (Bayer 04), Alexander Maksimenko (Spartak), Sergey Pesyakov (Rostov).
Defenders: Georgy Dzhikiya (Spartak), Igor Diveyev, Mario Fernandez (both from CSKA), Vyacheslav Karavayev (Zenit), Stanislav Magkeyev (Lokomotiv), Maxim Osipenko (Rostov), Sergey Petrov (Krasnodar), Ilya Samoshnikov (Rubin).
Midfielders: Zelimkhan Bakayev, Roman Zobnin (both from Spartak), Dmitry Barinov, Rifat Zhemaletdinov (both from Lokomotiv), Alexander Golovin (Monaco), Alexander Erokhin, Daler Kuzyayev (both from Zenit), Arsen Zakharyan, Daniil Fomin (both from Dynamo), Alexey Ionov (Krasnodar), Alexey Miranchuk (Atalanta), Maxim Mukhin (CSKA), Denis Cheryshev (Valencia).
Forwards: Anton Zabolotny (CSKA), Fyodor Smolov (Lokomotiv), Konstantin Tyukavin (Dynamo).