Preliminary Russia 25 squad for May

The preliminary Russia 25 squad for the upcoming matches in May has been revealed.

These following players have been selected:

Goalkeepers: Evgeny Volokhin (Sochi), Denis Kostin (Sibir), Artemiy Pleshkov (SKA), Denis Popov (AKM), Alexander Samoilov (Severstal).

Defensemen: Timur Akhiyarov (Sibir), Yaroslav Busygin (Vityaz), Vladimir Grudinin, Timofei Davydov, Artyom Shchuchinov (all Severstal), Semyon Ibragimov (Sochi), Ilya Karpukhin, Dmitry Yudin (both SKA), Bogdan Konyushkov (Torpedo), Vladislav Leontyev (Neftekhimik), Dmitry Samorukov (CSKA), Vladimir Syomin, Magomed Sharakanov (both Lada).

Forwards: Ruslan Abrosimov, Danil Aimurzin, Mikhail Ilyin (all Severstal), Zakhar Bardakov, Mikhail Vorobyov, Mikhail Grigorenko, Pavel Dedunov, Valentin Zykov, Sergei Plotnikov, Nikolai Polyakov, Sergei Tolchinsky, Marat Khairullin (all SKA), Vladislav Barulin (Amur), Dmitry Buchelnikov, Ivan Vorobyov, Stanislav Yarovoi (all Vityaz), Ruslan Iskhakov, Prokhor Poltapov, Maxim Sorkin (all CSKA), Daniil Seroukh (Sochi), Dmitry Silantyev (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Nikita Khoruzhev (Neftekhimik).

Roman Rotenberg will work as the team's head coach.

The team will prepare for the series of games with a training camp in Novogorsk, which begins on 24 April.

Match schedule:

1 May

Kazakhstan - Russia (Astana)

2 May

Russia - Belarus (Astana)

5 May

Russia - Belarus (Tolyatti)

6 May

Russia - Belarus (Tolyatti)

8 May

Belarus - Russia (Minsk)