Kuznetsov on the preliminary roster for 2013 IIHF World Championships

Team Russia roster

Goaltenders
Vasily Koshechkin (Severstal), Semyon Varlamov (Colorado Avalanche, NHL), Ilya Bryzgalov (Philadelphia Flyers, NHL).

Defensemen
Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars), Yevgeny Medvedev (Ak Bars), Denis Denisov (CSKA), Yakov Rylov (CSKA), Yevgeny Ryasenskiy (CSKA), Anton Belov (Avangard), Yevgeny Biryukov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Nikita Zaytsev (Sibir), Fedor Tyutin (Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL).

Forwards
Yegor Averin (Lokomotiv), Sergey Soin (Dynamo), Denis Kokarev (Dynamo), Sergey Mozyakin (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Aleksey Tereshchenko (Ak Bars), Kirill Petrov (Ak Bars), Aleksandr Popov (Avangard), Aleksandr Perezhogin (Avangard), Viktor Tikhonov (SKA),Yevgeny Kuznetsov (Traktor), Aleksandr Radulov (CSKA), Aleksandr Svitov (Salavat Yulaev), Vadim Shipachev (Severstal), Ilya Kovalchuk (New Jersey Devils, NHL), Artyom Anisimov (Columbus Blue Jackets, NHL), Andrey Loktionov (New Jersey Devils, NHL).