Whakakihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I timata a Arshavin mo te kapa motu o Ruhia i te 17 o Mei 2002, engari i warewarehia mo nga kapa o Ruhia i te 2002 FIFA World Cup me te
Ko te Euro 2004. Ko tana whaainga tuatahi me te kapa i puta i te whakataetae hoa ki a Romania i te 13 o Hui-tanguru 2003. Mai i taua wa, i kaha ia ki te eke, ki te awhina ranei i nga whakataetae katoa i uru atu ai a Russia. Ko ia te rangatira o Russia i te whakataetae tohu Euro 2008 ki a Estonia. I te 11 o Pipiri 2009, ko Arshavin te rangatira tuatahi mo Russia na te kaiwhakahaere Guus Hiddink.