“There was no refusal on our part, especially for political reasons.

We are negotiating with the RFU on organizing a friendly match, but so far the Russian side is not satisfied with the date, ”SportRadar quotes Abraev.

Recall that the Russian team on September 24 will play a friendly match with the team of Kyrgyzstan.

The meeting will be held in Bishkek at the stadium named after D. Omurzakov.

The start is at 17:00 Moscow time.

From 19 to 22 September Valery Karpin's team will train in Novogorsk. 

Earlier, the Russian youth team announced the composition for the September training camp.