Chistyakov has been appointed as the chief referee for the match between Krasnodar and Spartak.

The RPL has published the appointments of referees and inspectors for the matches of the 17th round on its official website.

November 30 (Saturday)

Akron vs. Orenburg: referee – Rafael Shafeev, assistant referees – Rustam Mukhtarov, Khamid Talayev; reserve referee – Ivan Abrosimov; VAR – Alexey Amelin; AVAR – Vitaly Meshkov; inspector – Alexander Gvardis.

CSKA vs. Rubin: referee – Vasily Kazartsev, assistant referees – Rashid Abusuev, Pavel Novikov; reserve referee – Sergey Cheban; VAR – Pavel Shadykhanov; AVAR – Pavel Kukuyan; inspector – Viktor Kulagin.

Rostov vs. Pari NN: referee – Yan Bobrovskiy, assistant referees – Andrey Bolotenko, Denis Bereznov; reserve referee – Oleg Sokolov; VAR – Kirill Levnikov; AVAR – Alexey Sukhoi; inspector – Sergey Martynov.

December 1 (Sunday)

Lokomotiv vs. Khimki: referee – Artem Lyubimov, assistant referees – Kirill Bolshakov, Sergey Karunenko; reserve referee – Ivan Sidenkov; VAR – Artur Fyodorov; AVAR – Kirill Levnikov; inspector – Sergey Matsyura.

Zenit vs. Krylia Sovetov: referee – Evgeny Kukulyak, assistant referees – Dmitry Mosiakin, Varantz Petrosyan; reserve referee – Anatoly Zhabchenko; VAR – Evgeny Bulanov; AVAR – Roman Safyan; inspector – Oleg Sokolov.

Dynamo Makhachkala vs. Fakel: referee – Sergey Karasev, assistant referees – Maxim Gavrilin, Igor Demeshko; reserve referee – Anton Frolov; VAR – Vitaly Meshkov; AVAR – Sergey Tsygankov; inspector – Nikolai Ivanov.

Krasnodar vs. Spartak: referee – Artem Chistyakov, assistant referees – Andrey Obrazko, Alexey Shiryayev; reserve referee – Ranel Ziyakov; VAR – Pavel Kukuyan; AVAR – Alexey Amelin; inspector – Yuri Baskakov.

December 2 (Monday)

Akhmat vs. Dynamo Moscow: referee – Vladimir Moskalev, assistant referees – Dmitry Safyan, Mikhail Ivanov; reserve referee – Sergey Cheban; VAR – Alexey Sukhoi; AVAR – Evgeny Bulanov; inspector – Sergey Frantsuzov.