The national squads of co-hosts Poland, Greece and Czech Republic will become the Russian football team’s rivals at Euro 2012 in Poland and Ukraine.
The draw for the next summer’s tournament took place in Ukrainian capital, Kiev, of Friday night.
Russia have avoided facing the strong teams of Germany, Italy and England as they were amongst the second-seeded teams after topping their qualifying group.
Euro 2012 draw:
Group A:
Poland
Greece
Russia
Czech Republic
Group B:
Netherlands
Denmark
Germany
Portugal
Group C:
Spain
Italy
Croatia
Ireland
Group D:
Ukraine
Sweden
France
England