Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Ya zuwa shekarar 2013, wannan shine kawai lokacin da Zakharov ya wakilci Belarus a matakin manya, amma ya buga wasanni da yawa a kungiyoyin 'yan kasa da shekaru 20 da' yan kasa da shekaru 18. Ya fafata a Gasar Kofin Duniya na Junior Ice Hockey sau hudu, na farko da ya zo a Gasar Kofin Duniya ta Junior Ice Hockey ta 2001
, sa'ad da yake ɗan shekara 15 kawai. A shekara ta 2003, ya kasance mai zira kwallaye a gasar zakarun Turai na 'yan kasa da shekaru 18, inda ya zira kwallaye fiye da taurari na gaba Alexander Ovechkin da Evgeni Malkin.