Brazilian Zenit players Malcolm And Claudio began the process of obtaining Russian citizenship. This was reported by journalist Ivan Karpov.
Malcolm has never played for the Brazilian senior national team, but has 6 appearances with the Olympic team, 14 with the U20 team, 5 with the U23 team. He won the Tokyo Olympics with Claudinho, who also has 6 appearances for the Olympic team and 3 for the U23 team.
