2026 Russian Figure Skating Championships

2026 Russian Figure Skating Championships
Type:National championship
Date:17–21 December 2025 (S)
4–8 February 2026 (J)
Season:2025–26
Location:Saint Petersburg (S)
Saransk (J)
Host:Figure Skating Federation of Russia
Venue:Yubileyny Sports Palace (S)
Universal Hall Ogarev Arena (J)
Champions
Men's singles:
Petr Gumennik (S)
Lev Lazarev (J)
Women's singles:
Adeliia Petrosian (S)
Elena Kostyleva (J)
Pairs:
Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii (S)
Polina Shesheleva / Egor Karnaukhov (J)
Ice dance:
Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin (S)
Maria Fefelova / Artem Valov (J)
Previous:
2025 Russian Championships
Next:
2027 Russian Championships

The 2026 Russian Figure Skating Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по фигурному катанию на коньках 2026) were held from 17 to 21 December 2025 in Saint Petersburg. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance.

Qualifying

In the 2025–26 season, Russian skaters competed in domestic qualifying events and national championships for various age levels. Russian Grand Prix for senior skaters and the All-Russian competitions for junior skaters, leads to four events – the Russian Championships, the Russian Junior Championships, the Russian Grand Prix Final and the All-Russian final competitions "Federation Cup".[1]

From March 1, 2022, onwards, the International Skating Union banned all figure skaters and officials from Russia and Belarus from attending any international competitions following the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2] As a result, all skaters were required to qualify through the Russian Grand Prix and the All-Russian competitions' series.

Date Event Type Location Details
14–17 October 2025 Ice of Dreams Qualifier Moscow Details
22–27 October 2025 Russian Grand Prix
Stars of Magnitka
Qualifier Magnitogorsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast Details
Details
30 October – 4 November 2025 Russian Grand Prix
Krasnoyarye
Qualifier Krasnoyarsk, Krasnoyarsk Krai Details
Details
5–10 November 2025 Russian Grand Prix
Idel–2025
Qualifier Kazan, Tatarstan Details
Details
11–17 November 2025 Russian Grand Prix
Golden Skate of Moscow
Qualifier Moscow Details
Details
19–24 November 2025 Russian Grand Prix
Heart of Siberia
Qualifier Omsk, Omsk Oblast Details
Details
17–21 December 2025 2026 Russian Championships Final Saint Petersburg Details
4–8 February 2026 2026 Russian Junior Championships Final Saransk, Mordovia Details
24–28 February 2026 2026 Russian Youth Championships – Younger Age Final Tver, Tver Oblast Details
4–9 March 2026 2026 Russian Grand Prix Final
2026 Federation Cup
Final Chelyabinsk, Chelyabinsk Oblast Details
Details
1–5 April 2026 2026 Russian Youth Championships – Elder Age Final Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El Details

Medalists of most important competitions

Senior Championships
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
MenPetr GumennikEvgeni SemenenkoMark Kondratiuk
WomenAdeliia PetrosianAlisa DvoeglazovaMariia Zakharova
PairsAleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii KozlovskiiAnastasia Mishina / Aleksandr GalliamovEkaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov
Ice danceAlexandra Stepanova / Ivan BukinVasilisa Kaganovskaia / Maxim NekrasovElizaveta Pasechnik / Dario Cirisano
Junior Championships
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
MenLev LazarevArseny FedotovGleb Kovtun
WomenElena KostylevaLidiya PleskachyovaVictoria Streltsova
PairsPolina Shesheleva / Egor KarnaukhovPolina Sazhina / Aleksei BelkinTaiisia Guseva / Daniil Ovchinnikov
Ice danceMaria Fefelova / Artem ValovZoya Pestova / Sergei LagutovElizaveta Maleina / Matvei Samokhin
Russian Grand Prix Final and All-Russian final competitions "Federation Cup"
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
MenPetr GumennikEvgeni SemenenkoNikolai Ugozhaev
WomenAlisa DvoeglazovaDaria SadkovaKamilla Nelyubova
PairsAleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii KozlovskiiAnastasia Mishina / Aleksandr GalliamovEkaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov
Ice danceAlexandra Stepanova / Ivan BukinVasilisa Kaganovskaia / Maxim NekrasovEkaterina Mironova / Evgenii Ustenko
Junior menLev LazarevArseny FedotovGerman Lenkov
Junior womenSofia DzepkaLidiya PleskachyovaSofia Smagina
Junior pairsPolina Shesheleva / Egor KarnaukhovZoya Kovyazina / Artemiy MokhovSofia Diana Cousins / Aleksandr Bregey
Junior ice danceMaria Fefelova / Artem ValovZoya Pestova / Sergei LagutovVarvara Slutskaya / Gleb Goncharov
Youth Championships – Elder Age
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
MenMakar SolodnikovGerman LenkovNikolay Kolesnikov
WomenEkaterina KorchazhnikovaArina OrekhovskayaAlisa Zaikina
PairsZoya Kovyazina / Artemiy MokhovArina Parsegova / Matvei BogdanovViktoria Dvinina / Viktor Potapov
Ice dancePolina Zharova / Aleksei StolyarovMilana Zhabina / Veniamin BashurovAnna Soboleva / Matvei Churakov
Youth Championships – Younger Age
Discipline Gold Silver Bronze
MenArtem FedotovKirill ZhurakhovskiyLev Evdokimov
WomenAlisa ZaikinaEkaterina KorchazhnikovaAnna Dokunina
PairsNo pairs' discipline
Ice danceNo ice dance discipline

Senior Championships

The 2026 Russian Championships were held in Saint Petersburg from 17 to 21 December 2025. Qualification was based on Russian Grand Prix series' results. In addition, figure skaters who were included in official pre-season national team roster[3] but were unable to qualify through the Russian Grand Prix due to good reasons, could be included into list of participants by decision of the executive committee of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia.

Schedule

Listed in local time (UTC+03:00).[4]

DayDateStartFinishDisciplineEvent
Day 118 December16:0018:20Ice danceRhythm dance
18:4520:50PairsShort program
Day 219 December15:3018:05MenShort program
18:2521:00WomenShort program
Day 320 December13:0015:30Ice danceFree dance
15:4517:50PairsFree skating
18:0521:00WomenFree skating
Day 421 December15:0017:55MenFree skating
18:1018:45Victory ceremonies
19:0021:30Exhibition gala

Preliminary entries

The Figure Skating Federation of Russia published the official list of participants on 9 December 2025.[5]

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
Mark Kondratiuk Adeliia Petrosian Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin
Petr Gumennik Alisa Dvoeglazova Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Maxim Nekrasov
Evgeni Semenenko Daria Sadkova Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov Ekaterina Mironova / Evgenii Ustenko
Vladislav Dikidzhi Dina Khusnutdinova Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev Elizaveta Shichina / Pavel Drozd
Nikolai Ugozhaev Alina Gorbacheva (withdrew) Taisiia Shcherbinina / Artem Petrov Ekaterina Rybakova / Ivan Makhnonosov
Grigory Fedorov Anna Frolova Elizaveta Osokina / Artem Gritsaenko Anna Shcherbakova / Egor Goncharov
Makar Ignatov Mariia Zakharova Iuliia Artemeva / Aleksei Briukhanov Varvara Zhdanova / Timur Babaev-Smirnov
Artur Danielian Anna Lyashenko Veronika Merenkova / Danil Galimov Elizaveta Pasechnik / Dario Cirisano
Aleksandr Melnikov Elizaveta Kulikova Valeria Khodykina / Daniil Butenko Anna Kolomenskaya / Artem Frolov
Roman Savosin Sofia Muravieva Alisa Blinnikova / Aleksei Karpov Sofia Shevchenko / Andrei Ezhlov
Andrei Mozalev Ksenia Gushchina Maya Shegay / Andrei Shaderkov Sofia Leontieva / Daniil Gorelkin
Artem Kovalev Kseniia Sinitsyna Anna Moskaleva / Artem Rodzyanov Milana Kuzmina / Dmitrii Studenikin
Nikita Sarnovskiy Veronika Yametova Taisiia Linchevskaia / Dmitrii Shcherbakov
Gleb Lutfullin Maria Elisova Alisa Abdullina / Egor Petrov
Matvei Vetlugin Kamilla Nelyubova Olga Fyodorova / Pavel Drako
Daniil Samsonov Arina Kudlai
Damir Cheripka Maria Pulina
Semyon Soloviev Eva Zubkova
Substitutes
Mikhail Polyanskiy Maria Mazur (added) Daria Andreeva / Aleksandr Akimov Vasilisa Grigoreva / Evgeni Artyushchenko
Arseny Dimitriev Sofia Vazhnova Eva Khmelkova / Vladislav Antonyshev Alexandra Prokopets / Alexander Vaskovich
Ilya Mavlyanov Sofia Akateva (added, but withdrew) Anna Karpuk / Aleksei Khvalko Alisa Krainyukova / Semyon Netsev

Changes to preliminary entries

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
9 December Women Alina Gorbacheva Sofia Akateva Knee injury; decision of the executive committee of the FSR [5][6][7]
15 December Sofia Akateva Maria Mazur Aftermath of leg injury [8][9]

Senior results

Men's singles

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Petr Gumennik 304.95 1 103.77 1 201.18
2 Evgeni Semenenko 296.80 2 100.99 2 195.81
3 Mark Kondratiuk 281.08 10 86.06 3 195.02
4 Matvei Vetlugin 273.12 4 92.76 4 180.36
5 Gleb Lutfullin 266.02 5 90.77 5 175.25
6 Andrei Mozalev 263.17 3 97.16 7 166.01
7 Vladislav Dikidzhi 254.25 9 86.90 6 167.35
8 Artur Danielian 249.28 7 89.17 10 160.11
9 Grigory Fedorov 245.33 13 83.72 8 161.61
10 Nikolai Ugozhaev 245.13 6 89.57 13 155.56
11 Nikita Sarnovskiy 243.26 11 85.31 11 157.95
12 Artem Kovalev 242.96 12 85.03 12 157.93
13 Makar Ignatov 238.47 8 87.52 15 150.95
14 Semyon Soloviev 228.83 14 77.68 14 151.15
15 Damir Cheripka 223.90 15 77.42 16 146.48
16 Roman Savosin 215.42 18 55.17 9 160.25
17 Daniil Samsonov 204.55 16 72.93 17 131.62
18 Aleksandr Melnikov 191.76 17 67.85 18 123.91

Women's singles

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Adeliia Petrosian 235.95 1 86.52 2 149.43
2 Alisa Dvoeglazova 227.40 2 74.59 1 152.81
3 Mariia Zakharova 217.73 5 71.37 4 146.36
4 Anna Frolova 217.67 3 73.93 7 143.74
5 Sofia Muravieva 215.74 10 69.23 3 146.51
6 Dina Khusnutdinova 214.96 7 70.62 6 144.34
7 Kamilla Nelyubova 214.75 9 69.47 5 145.28
8 Elizaveta Kulikova 206.78 11 68.43 8 138.35
9 Ksenia Gushchina 205.36 6 70.63 10 134.73
10 Anna Lyashenko 202.35 13 67.04 9 135.31
11 Kseniia Sinitsyna 198.46 12 67.96 11 130.50
12 Veronika Yametova 196.26 8 69.98 13 126.28
13 Maria Elisova 194.10 14 65.85 12 128.25
14 Daria Sadkova 188.11 4 73.27 15 114.84
15 Arina Kudlai 187.18 16 60.98 14 126.20
16 Maria Pulina 166.56 17 58.13 17 108.43
17 Eva Zubkova 163.55 18 52.34 16 111.21
18 Maria Mazur 162.03 15 62.93 18 99.10

Pair skating

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii 224.29 2 77.42 1 146.87
2 Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov 223.63 1 79.03 3 144.60
3 Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov 215.95 4 70.02 2 145.93
4 Iuliia Artemeva / Aleksei Briukhanov 200.71 5 68.90 4 131.81
5 Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev 192.65 6 68.75 5 123.90
6 Elizaveta Osokina / Artem Gritsaenko 189.91 3 70.81 6 119.10
7 Taisiia Shcherbinina / Artem Petrov 185.09 7 68.70 9 116.39
8 Valeria Khodykina / Daniil Butenko 178.14 9 61.63 8 116.51
9 Veronika Merenkova / Danil Galimov 176.27 8 65.98 10 110.29
10 Alisa Blinnikova / Aleksei Karpov 171.67 12 53.41 7 118.26
11 Anna Moskaleva / Artem Rodzyanov 167.77 11 57.50 11 110.27
12 Maya Shegay / Andrei Shaderkov 166.21 10 58.19 12 108.02

Ice dance

Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin 216.94 1 87.45 1 129.49
2 Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Maxim Nekrasov 211.44 2 84.82 2 126.62
3 Elizaveta Pasechnik / Dario Cirisano 200.63 4 79.37 3 121.26
4 Ekaterina Mironova / Evgenii Ustenko 198.75 3 80.22 4 118.53
5 Anna Shcherbakova / Egor Goncharov 193.22 5 76.76 5 116.46
6 Elizaveta Shichina / Pavel Drozd 190.28 8 75.47 6 114.81
7 Sofia Leontieva / Daniil Gorelkin 190.08 7 75.90 7 114.18
8 Varvara Zhdanova / Timur Babaev-Smirnov 180.42 9 73.02 10 107.40
9 Milana Kuzmina / Dmitrii Studenikin 179.78 10 71.61 8 108.17
10 Ekaterina Rybakova / Ivan Makhnonosov 179.75 6 76.47 11 103.28
11 Anna Kolomenskaya / Artem Frolov 177.82 11 70.03 9 107.79
12 Sofia Shevchenko / Andrei Ezhlov 157.13 14 57.65 12 99.48
13 Taisiia Linchevskaia / Dmitrii Shcherbakov 154.65 13 59.62 13 95.03
14 Alisa Abdullina / Egor Petrov 150.33 15 57.18 14 93.15
15 Olga Fyodorova / Pavel Drako 149.77 12 64.82 15 84.95

Junior Championships

The 2026 Russian Junior Championships (Russian: Первенство России среди юниоров 2026) will be held in Saransk, Mordovia from 4 to 8 February 2026. Qualification was based on results of the All-Russian competitions' series (which were held alongside the Russian Grand Prix series among senior skaters). These junior figure skaters who qualified to the Senior Championships through the Russian Grand Prix series can be included into list of participants without additional qualification. In addition, figure skaters who were included in the official pre-season national team roster[3] but were unable to qualify through the All-Russian competitions' series due to good reasons, also can be included into list of participants by decision of the executive committee of the Figure Skating Federation of Russia.

Schedule

Listed in local time (UTC+03:00).[10]

DayDateStartFinishDisciplineEvent
Day 15 February14:0016:20WomenShort program
16:4017:10Opening ceremony
17:1019:30MenShort program
19:4521:50Ice danceRhythm dance
Day 26 February13:1515:50WomenFree skating
16:0516:15Victory ceremony
16:1518:50MenFree skating
19:0519:15Victory ceremony
19:1521:05PairsShort program
Day 37 February12:0014:15Ice danceFree dance
14:3014:40Victory ceremony
14:4016:30PairsFree skating
16:4517:00Victory ceremony

Preliminary entries

The Figure Skating Federation of Russia published the official list of participants on 2 February 2026.[11]

Men Women Pairs Ice dance
Lev Lazarev Sofia Dzepka Polina Shesheleva / Egor Karnaukhov Elizaveta Maleina / Matvei Samokhin
Arseny Fedotov Elena Kostyleva Zoya Kovyazina / Artemiy Mokhov Maria Fefelova / Artem Valov
German Lenkov Sofia Smagina Kira Domozhirova / Ilya Vegera Taisiia Sheptalina / Dmitry Pekin
Aldar Sambuev Victoria Streltsova Taiisia Guseva / Daniil Ovchinnikov Zoya Pestova / Sergei Lagutov
Roman Khamzin Lidiya Pleskachyova Polina Sazhina / Aleksei Belkin Varvara Slutskaya / Gleb Goncharov
Gleb Kovtun Agata Petrova Olga Sabada / Pavel Astakhov Daria Drozhzhina / Ivan Telnov
Aleksandr Semkov Margarita Bazylyuk Sofia Diana Cousins / Aleksandr Bregey Kamilla Sharafutdinova / Rodion Murasalimov
Mark Lukin Diana Milto Arina Parsegova / Matvei Bogdanov Anna Bilibina / Dmitrii Kashaev
Mikhail Aleksakhin Agata Morozova Amelia Shayakhmetova / Martin Breslavskiy Polina Pilipenko / Vladislav Mikhailov
Makar Solodnikov Elizaveta Labutina Anastasia Vysotskaya / Pyotr Alekseenko Polina Tikhonova / Matvei Lysov
Nikolay Kolesnikov Arina Orekhovskaya Yulia Filimonova / Ilya Pylnev Milana Zhabina / Veniamin Bashurov
Artem Fedotov Maya Sarafanova Zlata Kamalova / Danil Panov (withdrew) Polina Zharova / Aleksei Stolyarov
Ilyas Khaliullin Alisa Yurova Evdokia Kryuchkova / Aleksei Stolyarov
Daniil Zholobov Arina Parsegova Anna Soboleva / Matvei Churakov
Ilya Neretin Sofia Sarnovskaya Yaroslava Vorobyova / Georgiy Tsymbalov
Nikita Malyutin Alena Prineva
Ilya Malkov Alisa Gorislavskaya
Daniil Koloskov Sofia Fedotova
Substitutes
Eduard Karartynian Milana Lebedeva Viktoria Dvinina / Viktor Potapov (added) Sandra Davydenko / Ignat Pakhomov
Aleksei Pychin Ekaterina Koltsova Eva Gude / Andrei Rud Elizaveta Rostilova / Denis Aurov
Kirill Andreyanov Amalia Nasybullina Albina Kamaldinova / Stepan Marishin Sofia Grabchak / Maksim Poltorak

Changes to preliminary entries

Date Discipline Withdrew Added Reason/Other notes Refs
2 February Pairs Zlata Kamalova / Danil Panov Viktoria Dvinina / Viktor Potapov [11]

Junior results

Men's singles

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Lev Lazarev 278.23 1 85.88 1 192.35
2 Arseny Fedotov 254.59 2 84.46 2 170.13
3 Gleb Kovtun 247.16 4 80.52 3 166.64
4 German Lenkov 245.19 5 79.99 4 165.20
5 Mark Lukin 236.24 7 76.81 5 159.43
6 Ilyas Khaliullin 227.04 14 71.05 6 155.99
7 Ilya Malkov 225.75 10 73.56 7 152.19
8 Aldar Sambuev 223.35 3 81.97 12 141.38
9 Artem Fedotov 215.04 12 72.88 11 142.16
10 Daniil Koloskov 215.01 9 74.09 13 140.92
11 Aleksandr Semkov 214.82 17 65.84 8 148.98
12 Ilya Neretin 213.19 16 68.22 9 144.97
13 Daniil Zholobov 205.35 6 78.13 16 127.22
14 Mikhail Aleksakhin 205.34 15 68.58 14 136.76
15 Nikita Malyutin 204.73 18 60.98 10 143.75
16 Makar Solodnikov 204.19 11 73.24 15 130.95
17 Roman Khamzin 201.44 8 75.18 17 126.26
18 Nikolay Kolesnikov 183.75 13 71.75 18 112.00

Women's singles

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Elena Kostyleva 228.53 1 71.16 1 157.37
2 Lidiya Pleskachyova 218.03 2 70.96 3 147.07
3 Victoria Streltsova 217.84 5 68.59 2 149.25
4 Sofia Dzepka 205.32 16 60.54 4 144.78
5 Margarita Bazylyuk 204.28 4 68.67 5 135.61
6 Agata Petrova 197.78 3 68.75 7 129.03
7 Alena Prineva 192.09 6 66.67 9 125.42
8 Arina Orekhovskaya 190.74 10 62.75 8 127.99
9 Sofia Smagina 190.55 17 56.39 6 134.16
10 Sofia Sarnovskaya 183.34 7 66.07 12 117.27
11 Elizaveta Labutina 181.10 12 62.17 11 118.93
12 Diana Milto 178.36 14 61.47 13 116.89
13 Arina Parsegova 177.77 18 54.88 10 122.89
14 Sofia Fedotova 175.76 8 64.30 17 111.46
15 Alisa Yurova 175.49 9 63.62 16 111.87
16 Alisa Gorislavskaya 175.28 11 62.32 15 112.96
17 Maya Sarafanova 174.69 15 61.29 14 113.40
18 Agata Morozova 172.44 13 62.14 18 110.30

Pair skating

Rank Name Total points SP FS
1 Polina Shesheleva / Egor Karnaukhov 190.12 1 69.67 2 120.45
2 Polina Sazhina / Aleksei Belkin 187.47 4 63.07 1 124.40
3 Taiisia Guseva / Daniil Ovchinnikov 186.61 3 67.55 4 119.06
4 Olga Sabada / Pavel Astakhov 182.70 2 68.13 5 114.57
5 Arina Parsegova / Matvei Bogdanov 179.82 6 60.74 3 119.08
6 Sofia Diana Cousins / Aleksandr Bregey 171.22 5 62.56 7 108.66
7 Kira Domozhirova / Ilya Vegera 167.26 7 60.58 8 106.68
8 Viktoria Dvinina / Viktor Potapov 166.15 12 55.52 6 110.63
9 Anastasia Vysotskaya / Pyotr Alekseenko 161.47 9 57.57 9 103.90
10 Amelia Shayakhmetova / Martin Breslavskiy 156.89 11 55.56 10 101.33
11 Zoya Kovyazina / Artemiy Mokhov 153.84 8 59.11 12 94.73
12 Yulia Filimonova / Ilya Pylnev 151.35 10 56.08 11 95.27

Ice dance

Rank Name Total points RD FD
1 Maria Fefelova / Artem Valov 178.62 1 73.23 1 105.39
2 Zoya Pestova / Sergei Lagutov 174.66 2 71.28 2 103.38
3 Elizaveta Maleina / Matvei Samokhin 170.40 3 68.90 3 101.50
4 Varvara Slutskaya / Gleb Goncharov 165.27 5 66.71 4 98.56
5 Polina Pilipenko / Vladislav Mikhailov 164.62 4 67.30 5 97.32
6 Daria Drozhzhina / Ivan Telnov 162.52 7 65.32 6 97.20
7 Anna Bilibina / Dmitrii Kashaev 161.39 6 65.77 7 95.62
8 Taisiia Sheptalina / Dmitry Pekin 159.19 9 63.57 8 95.62
9 Milana Zhabina / Veniamin Bashurov 158.25 8 63.76 10 94.49
10 Polina Zharova / Aleksei Stolyarov 157.56 10 63.06 9 94.50
11 Evdokia Kryuchkova / Aleksei Stolyarov 153.42 11 62.97 11 90.45
12 Polina Tikhonova / Matvei Lysov 149.49 13 61.18 13 88.31
13 Anna Soboleva / Matvei Churakov 147.14 15 58.15 12 88.99
14 Yaroslava Vorobyova / Georgiy Tsymbalov 145.38 14 58.69 14 86.69
15 Kamilla Sharafutdinova / Rodion Murasalimov 144.87 12 61.49 15 83.38

International team selections

Olympic Qualifying Competition

Commonly referred to as "Skate to Milano", the Olympic Qualifying Competition was held in Beijing, China from 18 to 21 September 2025. However, on 28 February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended sports federations to ban Russian athletes and officials from participating in international tournaments due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[12] On 12 October 2023, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the suspension of the membership of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) with immediate effect.[13] But on 20 December 2024, the International Skating Union (ISU) allowed limited number of Russian skaters to participate in the Olympic Qualifying Competition under strict conditions as the "Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs)".[14] According to these conditions, by the lattest 28 February 2025, the Figure Skating Federation of Russia (FSR) was permitted to nominate one skater or team in each of four disciplines (as well as one substitute for each skater or team in case of injury only prior to qualification) to complete at the Skate to Milano as a means to qualify for the 2026 Winter Olympics.[15] Each nominee (including substitutes) was required to pass a special screening process to assess whether they had displayed any active support for the Russian invasion of Ukraine or any contractual links to the Russian or Belarusian military or other national security agencies (without possibility for substitution for athletes who failed to meet the eligibility criteria).[16][17] In February 2025, the FSR nominated skaters and their substitutes without official public announcement. On 13 May 2025, the ISU announced names of Russian skaters who had been approved to complete as Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs).[18] It was announced that all Russian nominees for men's and women's single skating were approved to complete while Russian nominees for Pairs and Ice dance events failed to meet neutrality criteria, and their designated substitutes were also deemed ineligible, as substitutions were permitted only in case of injury, not on grounds of ineligibility.[19][20]

Men Women Pairs Ice dancing
1 Petr Gumennik Adeliia Petrosian Anastasia Mishina / Aleksandr Galliamov (not allowed) Alexandra Stepanova / Ivan Bukin (not allowed)
Alt. Vladislav Dikidzhi Alina Gorbacheva Aleksandra Boikova / Dmitrii Kozlovskii (not allowed) Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Maxim Nekrasov (not allowed)

European Championships

The 2026 European Championships were held in Sheffield, Great Britain from 13 to 18 January 2026. However, on 1 March 2022, in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Skating Union (ISU) banned figure skaters and officials from Russia from attending all international competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]

Winter Olympics

The 2026 Winter Olympics were held in Milan, Italy from 6 to 21 February 2026. However, on 28 February 2022, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) recommended sports federations to ban Russian athletes and officials from participating in international tournaments due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[21] On 12 October 2023, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced the suspension of the membership of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) with immediate effect.[22] But on 20 December 2024, the International Skating Union (ISU) allowed limited number of Russian skaters to participate in the Olympic Qualifying Competition under strict conditions as the "Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs)".[14] In September 2025 Petr Gumennik and Adeliia Petrosian won the men's and women's events respectively at the Olympic Qualifying Competition and therefore qualified for the 2026 Winter Olympics (without possibility for substition with other Russian skaters).

Men Women
1 Petr Gumennik Adeliia Petrosian

World Junior Championships

Commonly referred to as "Junior Worlds", the 2026 World Junior Championships were held in Tallinn, Estonia from 3 to 8 March 2026. However, on 1 March 2022, in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Skating Union (ISU) banned figure skaters and officials from Russia from attending all international competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]

World Championships

The 2026 World Championships were held in Prague, Czech Republic from 24 to 29 March 2026. However, on 1 March 2022, in accordance with a recommendation by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Skating Union (ISU) banned figure skaters and officials from Russia from attending all international competitions due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Календарный план основных всероссийских соревнований (ВС) по фигурному катанию на коньках в сезоне 2025-2026 гг. [ОБНОВЛЕНИЕ ОТ 24.02.26]" [The calendar plan of the main all-Russian figure skating competitions in the 2025–2026 season [UPDATE on 24 February 2026]] (PDF) (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Russia. Retrieved 24 February 2026.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "ISU Statement on the Ukrainian crisis – Participation in international competitions of Skaters and Officials from Russia and Belarus". International Skating Union. March 1, 2022. Archived from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved December 13, 2024.
  3. 1 2 "Список кандидатов в спортивные сборные команды Российской Федерации по фигурному катанию на коньках на 2025-2026 гг" [The list of candidates for the Russian figure skating national teams for 2025/26 season] (PDF) (in Russian). Ministry of Sport (Russia). 29 May 2025.
  4. ↑ Чемпионат России 2026 по фигурному катанию на коньках. Расписание соревнований и тренировок. [2026 Russian Figure Skating Championships. The schedule of competitions and trainings.] (PDF) (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Russia. 11 December 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 December 2025.
  5. 1 2 Чемпионат России 2026. СПИСОК УЧАСТНИКОВ. [2026 Russian Championships. THE LIST OF PARTICIPANTS.] (PDF) (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Russia. 9 December 2025. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 December 2025.
  6. ↑ "Во первых хочу поблагодарить всех за вашу поддержку и внимание, спасибо, что переживаете и ждете меня. К огромному сожалению, я вынуждена пропустить ЧР 2026 из-за травмы. Мне очень грустно и тяжело, потому что я мечтала выступить на этом чемпионате и сделала все, что могла, но судьба распорядилась иначе" [First of all, I want to thank everyone for your support and attention. Thank you for caring about me and waiting for me. Unfortunately, I will have to miss the 2026 Russian Championships due to injury. I am very sad and depressed because I dreamed of competing in this Championships and did everything I could, but fate decreed otherwise.] (in Russian). Alina Gorbacheva's Telegram. 9 December 2025.
  7. ↑ "«Немецкие врачи настаивают на оперативном вмешательстве». Федченко — о травме Горбачёвой" ["German doctors insist on immediate surgery" — Fedchenko about Gorbacheva's injury]. Championat.com (in Russian). 9 December 2025.
  8. ↑ "Акатьева снялась с чемпионата России, сообщил источник" [Akateva withdrew from the Russian Championships, a source reported] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 15 December 2025.
  9. ↑ "Акатьева объяснила снятие с чемпионата России" [Akateva explained her withdrawal from the Russian Championships] (in Russian). RIA Novosti. 15 December 2025.
  10. ↑ "ПЕРВЕНСТВО РОССИИ ПО ФИГУРНОМУ КАТАНИЮ НА КОНЬКАХ СРЕДИ ЮНИОРОВ 2026. 04-08 февраля 2026 года г. Саранск, УЗ "Огарев Арена". РАСПИСАНИЕ СОРЕВНОВАНИЙ" [2026 RUSSIAN JUNIOR FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS. 4–8 February 2026, Saransk, Universal Hall "Ogarev Arena". THE COMPETITION SCHEDULE.] (PDF) (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Russia. 25 January 2026. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 January 2026.
  11. 1 2 ПЕРВЕНСТВО РОССИИ ПО ФИГУРНОМУ КАТАНИЮ НА КОНЬКАХ СРЕДИ ЮНИОРОВ 2026. 04-08 февраля 2026 года г. Саранск, УЗ "Огарев Арена". ТРЕНИРОВОЧНЫЕ ГРУППЫ на 04 февраля 2025 г., среда [2026 RUSSIAN JUNIOR FIGURE SKATING CHAMPIONSHIPS. 4–8 February 2026, Saransk, Universal Hall "Ogarev Arena". TRAINING GROUPS on 4 February 2025, Wednesday.] (PDF) (in Russian). Figure Skating Federation of Russia. 2 February 2026. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 February 2026.
  12. ↑ Pathak, Manasi (1 March 2022). "IOC recommends banning Russian, Belarusian athletes from international events". Reuters. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  13. ↑ IOC Executive Board suspends Russian Olympic Committee with immediate effect
  14. 1 2 "ISU decision concerning the participation of limited number of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) at Olympic Qualification Events under strict conditions". International Skating Union. December 20, 2024. Archived from the original on February 18, 2026. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
  15. ↑ "Communication No. 2680 - On the access to qualification events for Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) in ISU sports for participation at the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026" (PDF). International Skating Union. December 20, 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 21, 2026. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
  16. ↑ "ISU decision concerning the participation of limited number of Individual Neutral Athletes (AIN) at Olympic Qualification Events under strict conditions". International Skating Union. 20 December 2024. Archived from the original on 17 September 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  17. ↑ "Frequently Asked Questions – Individual Neutral Athletes (AINs)" (PDF). International Skating Union. Archived (PDF) from the original on 17 June 2025. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  18. ↑ "Communication No. 2708 - Decisions of the Council" (PDF). International Skating Union. May 13, 2025. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 5, 2026. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
  19. ↑ "Special Screening Process Completed for AINs for the 2025/26 Olympic Qualification Events". International Skating Union. May 13, 2025. Archived from the original on January 11, 2026. Retrieved March 22, 2026.
  20. ↑ "Источник: Кагановская и Некрасов были запасными в заявке на отбор к ОИ-2026" [Source: Kaganovskaia and Nekrasov were alternates in the application for the qualification tournament to the 2026 Winter Olympics] (in Russian). R-Sport. 13 May 2025.
  21. ↑ Pathak, Manasi (1 March 2022). "IOC recommends banning Russian, Belarusian athletes from international events". Reuters. Archived from the original on 4 February 2023. Retrieved 9 February 2023.
  22. ↑ IOC Executive Board suspends Russian Olympic Committee with immediate effect