Thanks to the victory over the German national team in the quarterfinals, the Russian team reached the semi-finals for the 23rd time in history.

At the same time, only five times the Russians remained outside the top three of the tournament winners, having won nine bronze, ten silver and four gold medals.

The last time the Russian national team won the MFM was in 2011.

RT hosted an online text broadcast of the 1/4 finals of the MFM Russia - Germany.