Russian Skating Off-Season News

Dance team Ilinykh and Katsalapov have left their coach Alexander Zhulin and will train with Morozov.

Maria Mukhortova and Oleg Vasiliev have split.

Volosozhar and Trankov will be training with Morozov in the U.S. over the summer.  They will debut at Nebelhorn Trophy and only plan to do two Grand Prix events.

Alena Leonova has also switched to Morozov.  She plans to compete at three Grand Prix events, including Cup of Russia.  She'll also enter the Finlandia Trophy and Cup of Nice.

Elizaveta Tuktamisheva will compete on the Senior Grand Prix this fall and aims to qualify for the Grand Prix Final.  She will get a new long program but is considering keeping her short program.

Ksenia Makarova will skate a Marilyn Monroe themed free skate this season.

Bazarova and Larionov will have programs choreographed by Marina Zoueva this season.

Plushenko has been reinstated as an amateur by the ISU and has had knee surgery to repair his meniscus.

World bronze medalist Arthur Gachinski will compete at Cup of Russia.

Russian National Team:
Senior National Team 
Men
Zhan Bush
Sergey Voronov
Artur Gachinski
Konstantin Menshov
Evgeny Plushenko
Ivan Tretyakov

Ladies
Sofia Biryukova
Alena Leonova
Julia Lipnitskaya
Ksenia Makarova
Adelina Sotnikova
Elizaveta Tuktamysheva

Pairs
Vera Bazarova/Yuri Larionov
Tatiana Volosozhar/Maxim Trankov
Katerina Gerboldt/Alexander Enbert
Lubov Iliuschechkina/Nodari Maisuradze
Yuko Kavaguti/Alexander Smirnov
Ksenia Stolbova/Fedor Klimov

Ice DancingEkaterina Bobrova/Dmitri Soloviev
Kristina Goshkova/Vitali Butikov
Elena Ilinykh/Nikita Katsalapov
Ekaterina Riazanova/Ilya Tkachenko
Ksenia Monko/Kirill Khaliavin
Jana Khokhlova/Fedor Andreev

Junior National Team 

Men
Gordey Gorshkov
Fedosiy Efremenkov
Maxim Kovtun
Mikhail Kolayda
Murad Kurbanov
Artem Leger
Ilya Petrov

Ladies
Polina Agafonova
Daria Afanasieva
Polina Korobeynikova
Arina Petrova
Anna Shershak
Rosa Scheveleva

Pairs
Kristina Astakhova/Nikita Bochkov
Valeria Grechukhina/Andrei Filonov
Ekaterina Krutskikh/Vladimir Morozov
Elizaveta Semenova/Maxim Petukhov
Tatiana Tudvaseva/Sergey Liseev
Lina Fedorova/Maxim Miroshkin

Dance
Valeria Zenkova/Valeri Sinitsin
Evgena Kosigina/Nikolai Moroshkin
Valeria Loseva/Denis Lunin
Victoria Sinitsina/Ruslan Zhingashin
Alexandra Stepanova/Ivan Bukin
Anna Yankovskaya/Egor Koscheev

Reserve Team

Men
Artem Borodulin
Artem Grigoriev
Artur Dmitriev
Konstantin Miliukov
Alexander Nikolaev
Artem Punin
Mark Shakmatov

Ladies
Maria Artemyeva
Kristina Zaseeva
Anna Ovcharova
Ekaterina Frolova
Valentina Chernysheva
Polina Shelepen

Pairs
Alexandra Vasilieva/Yuri Shevchuk
Ekaterina Kuklina/Eduard Kushtanov
Anastasia Martyusheva/Alexei Rogonov
Ekaterina Petaykina/Maxim Kurdyukov
Anna Silaeva/Mikhail Kuznetsov
Evgenia Tarasova/Egor Chudin

Dance
Tatiana Baturitnseva/Sergey Mozgov
Anna Polikarpova/Maxim Kirillov
Ekaterina Pushkash/Jonathan Guerreiro
Oksana Domnina/Maxim Shabalin