With Rubin Kazan Bukharov won the Russian Premier League 2008.

At that season he broke the record for the fastest goal in the Russian Premier League, scoring after 26 seconds.

[6] Bukharov made his debut for the Russia national team in October 2009 in a 2010 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan.

After six years without call-ups, he returned to the national team for two friendly games in March 2017.

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