MOSCOW, May 11. Pavel Kukuyan has been appointed chief referee of the 29th round match Russian Premier League (RPL) between Moscow «Spartak» and St. Petersburg «Zenith», according to the official website of the Russian Football Union (RFU). The meeting will be held in Moscow on May 15 and will start at 16:30. Kukuyan will be assisted by linesmen Vladislav Nazarov and Andrey Gurbanov. Reserve referee — Andrey Fisenko. Sergey Ivanov has been appointed responsible for the work of the video assistance system for referees (VAR), he will be assisted by Aram Petrosyan. Ivanov will also be the chief referee of the Moscow derby between Lokomotiv and Dynamo, which will be held on May 14 at the stadium in Cherkizovo. Ivanov will be assisted by assistants Valentin Murashov and Konstantin Shalamberidze, as well as reserve referee Maxim Perezva. Evgeny Turbin and his assistant Andrey Bolotenkov will be responsible for the VAR system. He will be assisted by line judges Vladimir Minevich and Mikhail Ivanov, as well as reserve referee Anatoly Zhabchenko. Yan Bobrovsky has been appointed responsible for VAR, Alexey Lunev will be his assistant.
