Expandi also find strange that Shlyakovaya is there instead of Lyubushkina
No, I don't think this choise is strange. Samoilenko (Shlyakhovaya) is really stronger then Lyubushkina. She doesn't play so many time due to knee injury. Now she is fully recovered.
If her conditions really OK the main pair of blockers will be Fetisova-Samoilenko. If not - she will be a substitute.
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didn't she compete in 2010 World championship?
i woud say choice of 2nd opposite is also strange
Yes, she was a second setter. I forget about this. But many years she was not in the national team roster. Very strange.
As for Malyh she plays not good in the WGP. Malygina is really better on block. And I think she will not have many playtime.
And choosing Voronkova as the third outside hitter is strange too. Ilchenko plays all WGP games, but out of Olympic games.
Despite this Marichev's choice of the second setter is really strange.
During WGP we have 3 setters (Pankova, Startseva and Babeshina (nee Shishenina)). Startseva out due McLaren's report. And the second setter is not Babeshina. Vera Vertova isn't starting setter in Dinamo (she is a substitute player, starting setter is Pankova).
Only reason is a good understanding with teammates Goncharova, Fetisova and Shcherban. But no international experience for Vetrova.
Expandthanks for the announcement could you please tell me your source, i couldn't find anything
Only Russian: http://sportbo.ru/article/166938
Men's team Russia 
Setters: Sergey Grankin, Igor Kobzar
Opposites: Maxim Mikhaylov, Konstantin Bakun
Outside Hitters: Sergey Tetyukhin, Egor Kliuka, Dmitriy Volkov
Middle: Alexander Volkov, Artem Volvich, Andrey Ashchev
Libero: Alexey Verbov, Artem Ermakov
Very big problems with outside hitters
Stupid injures 
:Muserskiy, Divish, Berezhko, Butko. And Markin out due to meldonium case.
Very strange roster of women's team Russia
Setters: Ekaterina Kosianenko (Pankova), Vera Ulyakina
Opposites: Nataliya Goncharova, Daria Malygina
Outside Hitters: Jana Shcherban, Tatiana Kosheleva, Irina Voronkova
Middle: Irina Zaryazhko, Irina Fetisova, Anastasia Samoilenko
Libero: Anna Malova, Elena Ezhova
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