Artem Klimenko will stay in Kazan for at least one more year, UNICS announced. As per the announcement, there will also be an option for another season, which would extend Klimenko and UNICS partnership to five years.
Klimenko (27, 2.14) averaged 3.9 points and 1.8 rebounds in 14 EuroCup games last season.
He has already played in the EuroLeague with UNICS in 2016-17, and then he played three more EuroCup seasons with the Kazan team.
Aside from UNICS, Klimenko only played with his club of origin, Avtodor Saratov of Russia, where he made his EuroCup debut in 2015.
The Russian club also announced the signing of Evgeny Valiev. Forward (2.05 meters, 31 years old) arrives from Khimki Moscow Region, where last season he averaged 3.7 points and 3.2 rebounds in 11 EuroLeague games.
Current roster
 | UNICS Kazan | |
| Position | Player | Status |
| PG | Isaiah Canaan (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| PG | Georgy Zhbanov | Contract option +1 |
| SG | Vyacheslav Zaytsev (story) | Signed until 2023 |
| SG | Artem Komolov (story) | Signed until 2022 +1 |
| SG | Pavel Sergeev | Contract option +1 |
| SG/SF | Dmitrii Uzinskii (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| PF | John Brown | Signed until 2023 |
| PF | Andrey Vorontsevich (story) | Signed until 2022 +1 |
| PF | Evgeny Valiev (story) | Signed until 2022 |
| C | Artem Klimenko (story) | Signed until 2022 + 1 |
| Coach | Velimir Perasovic (story) | |
| Expired contract | Dimitris Priftis (not coming back), Jordan Morgan (not coming back), Jordan Theodore (not coming back), Jamar Smith, Nate Wolters, John Holland, Okaro White, Kostas Kaimakoglou, Evgeny Kolesnikov, Pavel Antipov | |
| Rumored to leave | ||
| Interested | Nigel Hayes (story) | |
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