Yann M'Vila has signed a new three-and-a-half-year contract at Rubin Kazan after turning down the chance to join Sunderland.
The Premier League side were keen to re-sign M'Vila, who spent last season on loan at the Stadium of Light, but the Frenchman rejected the move.
M'Vila was then accused by Sunderland manager David Moyes of lacking the "fight" for a relegation battle and he has now committed his future to Rubin Kazan to 2020.
Rubin's general director Ilgiz Fakhriev revealed a number of European teams were interested in the 26-year-old midfielder.
"We are pleased that the complex negotiations over the extension of the agreement with Yann have finally successfully concluded," Fakhriev said in a club statement.