The winner of the cup would normally gain entry into the 2024–25 UEFA Europa League; however, on 28 February 2022, Russian football clubs were suspended from FIFA & UEFA international competitions until further notice due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
[5] The schedule of the competition is as follows:[5][6] The draw for qualifying stage rounds 1 and 2 was held on 17 July 2023.
Entered clubs: On 12 September draw procedure was released, that consisted of 2 phases.
The draw for group stage was held on 24 June 2023 live on TV-channel «Match TV».
In the same group there can't be more than 2 teams from Moscow, also FC Krasnodar, FC Rostov and Fakel Voronezh can't be in the same group due to logistics restrictions in this cities.
The teams in RPL path (upper bracket) will play against each other over two legs on a home-and-away basis.
The draw was held on 3 November 2023 at 12:00 MSK live on TV-channel «Match TV».
[20] In the quarter-final matches of RPL path teams from same group can't play with each other.
The RPL path semi-final draw was held on 15 March 2024 live on Match TV TV-channel.
The host club chooses the dressing room, the reserves bench, the uniform color and the times for warm-up and pre-game press conference.