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New Russia boss Leonid Slutsky has moved to announce a 24-man roster for Euro 2021 qualifiers against Sweden and Liechtenstein.
The CSKA Moscow coach was elected as the man to take over from Fabio Capello and his first squad has now been presented to the public.
Russia, who trail Sweden and Austria four and eight points respectively, are 2.30 (13/10) to see off the Nordic side on September 5 and revive their hopes of reaching the final.
Leonid Slutsky did not make major changes to the side that started the qualifying campaign, with Ural midfielder Alexandr Erokhin the only new name.
Oleg Kuzmin (0/0) has been given a new chance to win his first cap, while Fyodor Smolov (5/2) returns to the side after more than two years.
Russia were pretty disappointing at the start of the Euro 2021 qualifiers, but there is still plenty of time to secure progress to tournament finals.
Russia squad:
Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Yuri Lodygin (Zenit), Artem Rebrov (Spartak Moscow);
Defenders: Alexei Berezutski, Vasili Berezutski, Sergei Ignashevich (all CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Granat, Dmitry Kombarov (both Spartak Moscow), Yuri Zhirkov (Dynamo Moscow), Oleg Kuzmin (Rubin Kazan), Igor Smolnikov (Zenit);
Midfielders: Yuri Gasinski, Pavel Mamaev (both Krasnodar), Denis Glushakov, Roman Shirokov (both Spartak Moscow), Igor Denisov, Alexei Ionov (both Dynamo Moscow), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow), Aleksandr Erokhin (Ural), Oleg Shatov (Zenit), Denis Cheryshev (Real Madrid).
Forwards: Artem Dzyuba (Zenit), Alexander Kokorin (Dynamo Moscow), Fyodor Smolov (Krasnodar).
