[2] Born in Germany, he represented the country at various youth levels before switching allegiance to the Russia senior national team.

Shortly after moving to Germany, Rausch started playing football at the local club, TuS Lachendorf.

[4] When 96 first choice left full back Michael Tarnat and his replacement Christian Schulz were injured, Rausch debuted against VfB Stuttgart on 30 March 2008.

[12] His biggest success was a bronze medal at the 2007 FIFA U-17 World Cup, where he started in every game except for one, which he missed following a red card.

[13] After the tournament, he was awarded a Fritz Walter Medal in silver as the second most promising German football player of his age.

[15] On 16 August 2017, he was called up for Russia for a friendly game against a club side Dynamo Moscow, which did not count as a full international match.