In a rare occurance matches were spread out over four days starting first with Khimki's notable turn-around to avoid relegation continuing as they fought Tom' Tomsk to a 1-1 draw (report here)

On Sunday, Lokomotiv Moscow frustrated Spartak Moscow 1-0 (report here) in what could prove to be the "spoiler" match for Spartak's European hopes. Dynamo Moscow plowed through Luch-Energiya Vladivostok with a efficient 2-0 victory with veteran Dmitri Khokhlov opening the scoring just before the half-hour mark and Aleksandr Dimidko closing off the victory with eight minutes remaining. In the heavyweight battle of the day

In the final two weeks of the campaign all matches start at the same time. Upcoming this Saturday are the following great matches with the first two, CSKA/Rubin Kazan and Zenit/Dynamo having a massive impact upon European efforts.
Rubin Kazan @ CSKA Moscow
Dynamo Moscow @ Zenit St Petersburg
Spartak Moscow @ Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
Samara Kryliya Sovetov @ Saturn Moscow Oblast
Amkar Perm' @ Tom' Tomsk
FC Moscow @ Lokomotiv Moscow
Shinnik Yaroslav @ Terek Grozny
Khimki @ Spartak Nalchik
GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | P | |
Rubin Kazan | 28 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 43 | 20 | 60 |
CSKA Moscow | 28 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 49 | 23 | 53 |
Dynamo Moscow | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 50 |
Amkar Perm' | 28 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 27 | 21 | 45 |
Zenit St Petersburg | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 55 | 35 | 44 |
Samara Kryliya Sovetov | 28 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 42 | 25 | 44 |
Spartak Moscow Oblast | 28 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 40 | 34 | 43 |
Lokomotiv Moscow | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 32 | 29 | 41 |
FC Moscow | 28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 35 |
Terek Grozny | 28 | 9 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 38 | 34 |
Spartak Nalchik | 28 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 36 | 31 |
Saturn Moscow | 28 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 29 | 31 |
Tom' Tomsk | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 29 |
Khimki | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 31 | 50 | 24 |
Luch-Energiya Vladivostok | 28 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 48 | 20 |
Shinnik Yaroslav | 28 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 24 | 48 | 18 |