According to the Championship, Kokorin can sign an agreement with Sochi before the winter, get in shape, and then return to Zenit.

On October 11, 2018, Pavel Mamaev, Alexander Kokorin, his brother Kirill and Alexander Protasovitsky were arrested on charges of beating the head of the department of the Ministry of Industry and Trade Denis Pak, as well as the driver of TV presenter Olga Ushakova Vitaly Solovchuk.

On September 6, 2019, the court granted the request for parole of brothers Alexander and Kirill Kokorins and Mamaev.

Kokorin’s contract with Zenit expired last summer. Nevertheless, in the “Zenith” more than once talked about the readiness to return the striker.

Earlier, the RFU was told when the issue of the contract of Krasnodar with Mamaev will be considered.