Digest
The week in five minutes
What went out on the site and in the channel this week, how Baltika played and what comes next. One page per week — easy to forward to someone who missed it.
26 October — 1 November 2026
Baltika 2-3 Zenit: why the numbers could not save the match
19–25 October 2026
Cordoba says Krasnodar dominated for 90 minutes. The numbers give them only 45
12–18 October 2026
More own goals than goals against opponents: Russian football's unusual scorers
5–11 October 2026
Two different halves, the same zeroes: what Baltika took out of Grozny
28 September — 4 October 2026
Ivan Belikov: how Talalaev found him in Tver for Baltika
21–27 September 2026
This week in the channel
14–20 September 2026
Mikhail Ryadno at Baltika: why the defender needed the move
7–13 September 2026
Baltika rescued a point. But why did it need rescuing at all?
31 August — 6 September 2026
300 matches before the Premier League. How Ilya Petrov was led around the RPL for ten years
24–30 August 2026
Why can't rich Lokomotiv buy a player while poor Baltika can?
17–23 August 2026
The money is there. Will the team stay?
10–16 August 2026
Maksimenko plays on his line. That is Baltika's main chance on 16 August
3–9 August 2026
Stefan Kovac, the most mysterious footballer of today's Baltika
27 July — 2 August 2026
No ball, no Borisko, no Andrade. How Baltika beat Dynamo Moscow for the first time
20–26 July 2026
Baltika scored against CSKA after 35 seconds — and lost. Match review and ratings for every Baltika player
13–19 July 2026
34 countries, almost 150 foreigners and not a single Argentine. Baltika's history through its imports
6–12 July 2026
When Baltika was Spartak. A big archive investigation
29 June — 5 July 2026
The football of our childhood: two bricks, a plantain leaf and crocodile sneakers
22–28 June 2026
Why Baltika goes to Isparta: not a beach but altitude, isolation and Talalaev's calculation
15–21 June 2026
How Turkey crashed out beautifully — again. The story of a man looking for a temporary national team
8–14 June 2026
The first Kalmyk in the national team. How Beveev crawled his way there
1–7 June 2026
Eight years ago Modric, Iniesta and Courtois played here. Now Trinidad and Tobago are coming. An interactive guide
25–31 May 2026
Dad, they shout so loudly here. Baltika through the eyes of a six-year-old
18–24 May 2026
I never finished the Panini USA 94 album as a kid. Now I am collecting World Cup 2026
11–17 May 2026
Baltika closes the season. And this is a match for Kaliningrad
4–10 May 2026
Lokomotiv — Baltika 1:0. A match with a deceptively simple scoreline
27 April — 3 May 2026
An island of found hopes and lost points: how Baltika got tangled in Artiga's nets
20–26 April 2026
Port clubs: what Baltika, Le Havre, Hamburg and the others born of the sea have in common
13–19 April 2026
Baltika has shown it can hurt Krasnodar. Can it do it again?
6–12 April 2026
Baltika had the will for a comeback. It lacked the team to close the game
30 March — 5 April 2026
Without Talalaev it got quieter. Not worse
23–29 March 2026
Kevin Andrade is one of the most underrated defenders in the RPL. He just plays for Baltika