Russia: no upsets in Round 24. Only Kemerovo loses one point

No upsets in the 5 matches of the Russian Superliga played yesterday and valid for Round 24. In fact, win for all the top 5 teams took the field: Kemerovo, Moscow, St. Petersburg (still without Poletaev), Fakel and Novosibirsk. The only one to lose a point, against Surgut, is Kuzbass Kemerovo, but nothing serious as it will be enough to win two of the next four games to secure second place and access F6 without going through the preliminary round.

| Results and Program Round 24
| February 17
• Zenit Kazan – Dinamo LO 3:0 (25:18, 25:17, 25:14)

| February 27
• Kuzbass Kemerovo – Gazprom Surgut 3:2 (25:23, 25:15, 21:25, 26:28, 15:9)
Top Scorers: Karpukhov 22, Zaytsev 21, Markin 12, Shcherbakov 11; Nikishin 21, Shakhbanmirzaev 15, Chereiskiy 12, Kostilenko 10, Dovgan 10.

• Dinamo Moscow – Belogorie Belgorod 3:0 (25:15, 25:17, 25:18)
Top Scorers: Semyshev 13, Vlasov 11, Sokolov 10, Podlesnykh 8; Kuznetsov 6, Ilinykh 5, Sidenko 5.

• Zenit Saint Petersburg – Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 3:1 (25:21, 21:25, 25:17, 25:19)
Top Scorers: Kliuka 21, Pashytskyi 15, Iakovlev 14, Podrebinkin 11; Klets 20, Skrimov 10, Iereshchenko 7.

• Neftyanik Orenburg – Fakel Novy Urengoy 1:3 (23:25, 25:20, 13:25, 18:25)
Top Scorers: Kuhno 14, Purin 12, Moroz 11; Bogdan 1, Volkov 15, Zhigalov 14, Dikarev 11.

• Lokomotiv Novosibirsk – ASK Nizhniy Novgorod 3:0 (25:17, 25:21, 25:19)
Top Scorers: Luburic 15, Ivovic 14, Savin 13, Kurkaev 8; Fettsov 10, Melnikov 7, Valeev 6.

| February 28
• Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk – Ural Ufa 0:3 (13:25, 16:25, 20:25)

| Standings (updated on February 27)
Dinamo Moscow 60
Zenit Kazan 51
Kuzbass Kemerovo 50
Zenit Saint Petersburg 49
Fakel Novy Urengoy 48
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk 44
Ural Ufa 37
ASK Nizhniy Novgorod 30
Yugra Samotlor Nizhnevartovsk 29
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk 24
Gazprom Surgut 21
Dinamo LO 19
Belogorie Belgorod 17
Neftyanik Orenburg 13