The extended roster of the Russian men's national team for 2025 includes 6 volleyball players from Lokomotiv Novosibirsk. They are: Igor Kobzar (setter), Ilya Kazachenkov (opposite), Omar Kurbanov (outside hitter), Dmitry Lyzik (middle blocker), Ilyas Kurkaev (middle blocker) and Sergey Melkozerov (libero).

From Dinamo Moscow, Maxim Sapozhkov (opposite), who also played in Montana, is on the list.

Today, the extended list of the men's team, coached by Dinamo Moscow's Konstantin Bryansky, was published. It includes 35 people:
Setters:

• Konstantin Abaev ("Verona")

• Pavel Pankov ("Dinamo" Moscow)

• Roman Poroshin ("Belogorie")

• Igor Kobzar ("Lokomotiv" Novosibirsk)

• Mikhail Vishnikov (MGTU)

• Maxim Kreskin ("Yenisei")

Opposites:

• Maxim Mikhailov ("Zenit-Kazan")

• Ilya Kazachenkov ("Lokomotiv" Novosibirsk)

• Roman Murashko ("Yenisei")

• Korney Enns ("Fakel")

• Maxim Sapozhkov ("Dinamo" Moscow)

Outside Hitters:

• Pavel Tetyukhin ("Belogorie")

• Roman Pakshin ("Kuzbass")

• Egor Klyuka, Stanislav Dineikin (both – "Zenit" Saint Petersburg)

• Dmitry Volkov, Mikhail Labinsky (both - Zenit-Kazan)

• Anton Semyshev, Yaroslav Podlesnykh, Denis Bogdan (all - Dynamo Moscow)

• Omar Kurbanov (Lokomotiv Novosibirsk)

• Maxim Bocharov (Yenisey)

Middle blockers:

• Vitaly Dikarev (Fakel)

• Artyom Volvich, Roman Romanovsky, Alexey Kononov (all - Zenit-Kazan)

• Ilyas Kurkaev, Dmitry Lyzik (both - Lokomotiv Novosibirsk)

• Ilya Vlasov (Dynamo Moscow)

• Ivan Yakovlev (Zenit St. Petersburg)

• Georgy Zabolotnikov (Belogorie)

Liberos:

• Ilya Fedorov (Zenit-Kazan)

• Valentin Golubev (Belogorie)

• Evgeny Baranov (Dynamo Moscow)

• Sergey Melkozerov (Lokomotiv Novosibirsk)