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Roman Pavlyuchenko features among Russia coach Guus Hiddink's 24-man squad for this month's World Cup play-off against Slovenia.

Russia host Slovenia on November 14 and play the reverse fixture on November 18.

Pavlyuchenko has made little impact for Tottenham this term, but is a key figure for Hiddink and the Russian has kept the faith.

Squad

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeyev (CSKA Moscow), Vyacheslav Malafeyev (Zenit St Petersburg), Vladimir Gabulov (Dynamo Moscow).

Defenders: Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Alexei Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Vasily Berezutsky (CSKA Moscow), Yuri Zhirkov (Chelsea), Denis Kolodin (Dynamo Moscow), Renat Yanbayev (Lokomotiv Moscow), Alexander Anyukov (Zenit St Petersburg).

Midfielders: Igor Semshov (Zenit St Petersburg), Konstantin Zyryanov (Zenit St Petersburg), Vladimir Bystrov (Zenit St Petersburg), Igor Denisov (Zenit St Petersburg), Sergei Semak (Rubin Kazan), Alan Dzagoyev (CSKA Moscow), Diniyar Bilyaletdinov (Everton), Alexei Rebko (FK Moscow), Dmitry Torbinsky (Lokomotiv Moscow).

Forwards: Andrei Arshavin (Arsenal), Roman Pavlyuchenko (Tottenham Hotspur), Pavel Pogrebnyak (VfB Stuttgart), Alexander Kerzhakov (Dynamo Moscow), Dmitry Sychev (Lokomotiv Moscow).

Reuters