The Russian national team to play two Autumn friendlies
The Russian Football Union have published the planned games for August and September.
31/08/16 Antalya, Turkey,
Turkey v Russia
06/09/16 Moscow, Russia
Russia v Ghana.
12 Zenit players are in contention to be called up to the national squad including:
Yuri Lodygin, Alexander Anyukov, Igor Smolnikov, Yuri Zhirkov, Pavel Mogilevets, Aleksander Ryazantsev, Victor Fayzulin, Oleg Shatov, Artur Yusupov, Artem Dzyuba, Alexander Kerzhakov and Alexander Kokorin.