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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.

Lokomotiv Moskva The Russian Premier League title battle took a twist as leaders Zenit drew at second-placed Lokomotiv Moscow, as CSKA Moscow closed the gap.

Lokomotiv Moskva Lokomotiv Moscow climbed to the top of the Russian Premier League table while rock-bottom Anzhi claimed their first win of the season.

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.

Amkar Perm' Zenit saw their eight-match Russian Premier League winning streak end against Amkar Perm on Saturday, while Lokomotiv Moscow won well.

Spartak Gogniev Reigning champions CSKA Moscow were held 2-2 by newly-promoted Ural in the opening round of fixtures in the Russian Premier League.