"Spartak" secured the first place. © EuroFootball.com

The sole leader of the Russian Premier League is the Moscow Spartak club, which snatched a dramatic victory against Rubin Kazan in the 8th round of matches and increased their advantage over pursuers Zenit St. Petersburg and CSKA Moscow to three points.

Results of the 8th round matches on Sunday

"Spartak" 2 - 1 "Rubin" 45' [1 - 0] Yegor Titov 90' [1 - 1] Sergey Budylin (11m.) 90' [2 - 1] Denis Boyarintsev

I. Dedura (Spartak) was not registered for the matches.

"Zenit" 1 - 1 "Krylja Sovetov" 53' [0 - 1] Aleksey Medvedev 68' [1 - 1] Pavel Pogrebnyak (11m.)

27' Viatcheslav Malafeev (Zenit), 36' Oleg Trifonov (Krylja Sovetov) sent off the field.

"Rostov" 1 - 1 "CSKA" 57' [0 - 1] Jo 86' [1 - 1] Mihailo Pjanovic

85' Vasiliy Berezutskiy (CSKA) sent off the field.

D. Šemberas (CSKA) played the whole match.