the team hardly sets to its middles. if the quick set is not even an option for the team, i do not see the reason why the team cannot use murtazaeva as a receive when they hardly make her hit anyway.some teams can play with only two receivers, (poland with rosner and zenik in some games) but they only do it in some rotations.
Middle would be okay wheh Merkulova's back. Murtazaeva as a reciever is okay,and sedova is good at blocking. but Russia needs Merkulova, and of course Borodakova as the main middle blockers. I mean Merkulova was one of members on this tournerment. but she didn't play much because of her serious injury. hopefully she gets much better soon.