Torpedo Moscow claimed the win they needed to keep their hopes of Russian Premier League survival alive, overcoming Ural 3-1 in a meeting between two struggling sides.
Anything other than a win would have seen Torpedo consigned to one of the two automatic relegation places, but as it stands they still have a chance of going into a play-off to preserve their status.
After falling behind to an early goal from Pablo Fontanello, Torpedo fought back strongly and secured the required result thanks to a brace of penalties from Hugo Vieira - the first after Ural goalkeeper Nikolai Zabolotnyi had been sent off - and Dalibor Stevanovic's effort.
The victory ended a seven-match winless run, and saw them climb off the bottom and a point above Arsenal Tula into 15th.
The latter's 1-0 defeat of champions Zenit sees them assured of safety, although Ufa still have work to do on the final day despite their 2-1 success at Spartak Moscow.
Rostov's ill-timed poor run of form continued as they lost 2-1 at Krasnodar - a fifth straight winless game - thanks to first-half goals from Roman Shirokov and Wanderson.
Kuban Krasnodar - who parted company with coach Leonid Kuchuk earlier on Monday - drew 1-1 with Lokomotiv Moscow in a repeat of Thursday's Russian Cup final.
Elsewhere, Morodovia Saransk defeated Terek Grozny 1-0.
