in 2014 Ignashevich made his debut for the
Russia national football team against
Sweden on 21 August 2002. He started all ten of the team's
UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying matches, scoring three times, but missed the
tournament finals in Portugal due to injury. On 16 June, he made his
FIFA World Cup debut in the team's first group match against
South Korea. He was then named in the starting line-up for the second match against
Belgium at the
Maracanã on 22 June. He became only the second Russian, after
Viktor Onopko, to earn his
100th cap, in the final group game against
Algeria on 26 June in
Curitiba. Russia drew 1–1 and their opponents advanced at their expense. Ignashevich came out of international retirement prior to the
2018 FIFA World Cup as he was called up on 14 May 2018 to replace injured
Ruslan Kambolov. On 3 June 2018, he was included in the finalized World Cup squad. He was one of only four players born in the 1970s to feature in the tournament, with the others being
Tim Cahill (Australia),
Rafael Márquez (Mexico) and
Essam El Hadary (Egypt). Against Spain in the Round of Sixteen, he scored an own-goal while tangling with
Sergio Ramos during a corner set-piece, but Russia would equalize thanks to a penalty, and in the shoot-out Ignashevich converted his spot kick to help Russia advance. Following Russia's elimination in the
2018 FIFA World Cup quarterfinal against
Croatia after extra time ended deadlocked 2–2, where he successfully converted a shoot-out kick, Ignashevich announced his retirement from all forms of football. ==Coaching career==