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- ↑ "Ramil Gaisin". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2020-01-02.
- ↑ "Состав сборной России на Кубок мира в Японию" [The composition of the Russian national team for the World Cup in Japan]. rugby.ru. Rugby Federation of Russia. 1 September 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
- ↑ "Russia v Canada". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 2019-09-14.
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