After baseless information broke out from an unofficial Russia Volleyball media outlet, InstaVolley brings to you the hot new official 26-player team roster revealed by the new head coach Vladimir Pankov for the coming season. Who said Sokolova will return to the troop? We still don’t see her in the list so far 🧐

Player list:

Setter:
7. Romanova
10. Novik
12. Ryseva
13. Startseva

Middle Blocker:
14. Fetisova
1. Lazarenko
3. Efimova
6. Koroleva (Zaryazhko)
20. Samoylenko (Shlyakhovaya)
25. Brovkia
11. Lyubushkina

Opposite:
4. Malygina
8. Goncharova
17. Malykh
21. Kotikova

Outside Hitter:
5. Kutiukova
19. Biryukova
26. Shevchuk
18. Parubets (Ilchenko)
16. Voronkova
23. Russu
22. Yurinskaya

Libero:
9. Galkina
15. Gorbacheva
24. Kuronsova
2. Talyseva

Source: Volleyball Federation of Russia