Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Arshavin ya fara bugawa tawagar 'yan wasan Rasha wasa a ranar 17 ga Mayu 2002, amma ba a kula da shi ba a cikin' yan wasan Rasha a gasar cin kofin duniya ta 2002 da kuma
Yuro na shekara ta 2004. Gwaninta na farko tare da tawagar ya zo ne a wasan sada zumunci da Romania a ranar 13 ga Fabrairu 2003. Tun daga wannan lokacin, ya sami damar cin kwallo ko taimakawa a kowane gasa da Rasha ta shiga. Ya kasance kyaftin din Rasha a wasan neman shiga gasar Euro 2008 da Estonia. A ranar 11 ga Yuni 2009, Guus Hiddink ya sanya Arshavin a matsayin kyaftin din farko na Rasha.