In the Russian championship, the matches of the 7th round were played over the weekend, after which the Premier League formed a tie - with "Rubin" unexpectedly defeating the leader "CSKA" to share the first place with "Tom" team, who achieved an easy victory. Among the failures were also the former leaders "Moskva" and "Krylja Sovetov", while "Dinamo", "Shinnik" and "Torpedo" secured their first wins, and "Spartak" and "Lokomotiv" recorded their second victory.
7th round
"Rubin" 1 - 0 "CSKA" 37` [1 - 0] Aleksandr Bukharov
"Torpedo" 2 - 0 "Spartak Nalchik" 32` [1 - 0] Denis Tumasyan 74` [2 - 0] Sergey Budilin
"Dinamo" 2 - 1 "Luch-Energia" 12` [1 - 0] Maksim Romaschenko 24` [2 - 0] Dmitriy Bulykin 62` [2 - 1] Aleksandr Tikhonovetski
"Tom" 3 - 1 "Rostov" 9` [1 - 0] Denis Kiselev 31` [1 - 1] Esau Kanyenda 34` [2 - 1] Pavel Pogrebniak 59` [3 - 1] Denis Kiselev
7` Valeriy Klimov ("Tom") and Jurijs Laizans ("Rostov") were sent off
"Zenit" 1 - 4 "Spartak" 3` [1 - 0] Sergey Kovalchuk (own goal) 35` [1 - 1] Roman Pavlyuchenko (pk) 47` [1 - 2] Mihajlo Pjanovic 73` [1 - 3] Mihajlo Pjanovic 76` [1 - 4] Nikita Bazhenov
"Saturn" 0 - 0 "Amkar"
"Shinnik" 1 - 0 "Krylja Sovietov" 28` [1 - 0] Anton Khazov
"Moskva" 0 - 1 "Lokomotiv" 90` [0 - 1] Dmitry Sychev