CSKA Moscow became the Russian football champion for the first time in its history. One round before the finish of the championship, the army team became unattainable for their opponents. The championship match for Valery Gazzaev's team was the match with Rotor, in which CSKA won with a score of 3:0. The silver medalist of the championship was Zenit St. Petersburg, which tied with Lokomotiv 0:0.

At the Dynamo stadium, with the stands half-empty, Valery Gazzaev's team scored three unanswered goals against the Volgograd team within eight minutes of the first half through the efforts of Olic, Popov and Gusev. After this, the fate of the championship title was decided. After the match, CSKA players ran a lap of honor for the first time in Russian history as national champions.

In St. Petersburg, Zenit defended a goalless draw in the match with Lokomotiv, which guaranteed Vlastimil Petrzhela's team silver medals in the championship. And also for the first time in the Russian history of Zenit. Lokomotiv, which continues to fight in the Champions League, will fight for silver medals with Rubin Kazan, which beat Moscow Torpedo-Metallurg with a score of 2:1. Now the Kazan team is one point ahead of the railway workers. Yaroslavl's "Shinnik" could also intervene in the fight for bronze, defeating "Rostov" with a score of 4:1, but according to additional indicators, the Yaroslavl team would, at best, end up fourth.

Novorossiysk Chernomorets officially said goodbye to the Premier League, losing away to Elista Uralan with a score of 0:1. The Kalmyk team will fight to maintain a residence permit in the elite of Russian football with Rotor and Torpedo-Metallurg. Spartak-Alania, which was in the relegation zone, ensured that it retained its place in the Premier League by defeating Spartak Moscow on its field in Vladikavkaz with a score of 3:0. Samara's Krylya Sovetov beat Dynamo Moscow 1:0 on their field, and Torpedo Moscow dealt with Saturn-Ren TV near Moscow in the most exciting match of the tour with a score of 4:3.