He was called up to the
Russia national football team for the first time in March 2021 for the
World Cup qualifiers against Malta, Slovenia and Slovakia. He received his call-up at the age of 19 despite never before representing Russia at junior levels and only having 5 starts in the
Russian Premier League at that point. Some of the other players at his
defensive midfielder position were injured and other potential replacements were already registered for the
2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squad, the Under-21 Euro schedule conflicted with the World Cup qualifiers schedule. He made his debut on 27 March 2021 against Slovenia, substituting
Rifat Zhemaletdinov in the 87th minute. On 11 May 2021, he was included in the preliminary extended 30-man squad for
UEFA Euro 2020. On 2 June 2021, he was included in the final squad. He appeared as a second half-substitute in all three of Russia's group stage games as they were eliminated after beating
Finland and losing to
Belgium and
Denmark. ==Career statistics==