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Zenit Jose Salomon Rondon netted a hat-trick to fire Zenit to a 3-0 victory over Ural in the first round of Russian Premier League fixtures since the mid-season break.

Zenit Zenit's best ever start to a top-flight season continued on Saturday as they beat Amkar Perm 2-0 to make it five wins out of five.

CSKA Moskva Rock-bottom Amkar Perm caused arguably the shock of the Russian Premier League season on Monday when they beat third-place CSKA Moscow 1-0.

Dinamo Moskva Dinamo Moscow made a stunning start to the Russian Premier League with a 7-3 win over Rostov on a goal-laden opening weekend.

Spartak Moskva Defending Russian Premier League champions CSKA Moscow suffered their first defeat of the new season, losing 1-0 to Spartak Moscow.

Krasnodar Krasnodar slipped to third in the Russian Premier League after they had to settle for a 1-1 derby draw with Kuban Krasnodar on Wednesday.

Zenit saw their lead at the top of the Russian Premier League cut to six points as Krasnodar beat Arsenal Tula 3-0.

Zenit Zenit sealed a 2-1 victory over title rivals CSKA Moscow on Sunday to move eight points clear at the top of the Russian Premier League.

Torpedo Moscow gave themselves a chance of maintaining their Russian Premier League status with a 3-1 win over fellow strugglers Ural.

Zenit Zenit suffered a minor setback in their Russian Premier League title tilt as they were held to a 1-1 draw by Torpedo Moscow, although the match was overshadowed by alleged racist abuse.