2022 Russian Figure Skating Championships
The 2022 Russian Figure Skating Championships were held from 21 to 26 December 2021 in Saint Petersburg. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, women's singles, pairs, and ice dance. The results were among the criteria used to select Russia's teams to the 2022 European Championships and 2022 Winter Olympics.
Kamila Valieva was stripped of her gold medal in Senior Women's singles after testing positive for Trimetazidine, a banned substance, on the second day of the Women's competition. Subsequently, Alexandra Trusova became the gold medalist, with Anna Shcherbakova moving up to silver and Adeliia Petrosian receiving the bronze medal.
Competitions
In the 2021–22 season, Russian skaters competed in domestic qualifying events and national championships for various age levels. The Russian Cup series will lead to three events – the Russian Championships, the Russian Junior Championships, and the Russian Cup Final.| Date | Event | Type | Location | Details |
| 22–26 September 2021 | 1st stage of Russian Cup | Qualifier | Syzran, Samara Oblast | |
| 10–14 October 2021 | 2nd stage of Russian Cup | Qualifier | Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El | |
| 24–28 October 2021 | 3rd stage of Russian Cup | Qualifier | Sochi, Krasnodar Krai | |
| 8–12 November 2021 | 4th stage of Russian Cup | Qualifier | Kazan, Tatarstan | |
| 17–21 November 2021 | 5th stage of Russian Cup | Qualifier | Perm, Perm Oblast | |
| 21–26 December 2021 | 2022 Russian Championships | Final | Saint Petersburg | |
| 18–22 January 2022 | 2022 Russian Junior Championships | Final | Saransk, Mordovia | |
| 23–27 February 2022 | 2022 Russian Cup Final | Final | Saransk, Mordovia | |
| 1–5 March 2022 | 2022 Russian Youth Championships – Younger Age | Final | Yoshkar-Ola, Mari El | |
| 1–5 April 2022 | 2022 Russian Youth Championships – Elder Age | Final | Veliky Novgorod, Novgorod Oblast |
Senior Championships
The 2022 Russian Championships were held in Saint Petersburg from 21 to 26 December 2021. Competitors qualified through international success or by competing in the Russian Cup series' senior-level events.There are three separate basis for qualification.
1. Qualification based on receiving 2021–22 Grand Prix assignment.
2. Qualification based on qualifying for the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix Final. However, skaters must have been born before July 1, 2007 to be qualified for the Russian senior championships. In addition, junior ice dance teams do not compete at senior national championships due to different program requirements between the junior and senior levels. Consequently, ice dance teams cannot use their junior level programs for senior competition.
3. Qualification based on Russian Cup series' results.
Schedule
Listed in local time.| Day | Date | Start | Finish | Discipline | Event |
| Day 1 | 23 December | 13:15 | 15:45 | Men | Short program |
| Day 1 | 23 December | 16:05 | 18:00 | Ice dance | Rhythm dance |
| Day 1 | 23 December | 18:20 | 18:50 | Opening ceremony | |
| Day 1 | 23 December | 19:05 | 21:00 | Pairs | Short program |
| Day 2 | 24 December | 12:45 | 14:55 | Ice dance | Free dance |
| Day 2 | 24 December | 15:15 | 18:00 | Men | Free skating |
| Day 2 | 24 December | 18:20 | 20:50 | Women | Short program |
| Day 3 | 25 December | 15:30 | 17:40 | Pairs | Free skating |
| Day 3 | 25 December | 18:00 | 20:50 | Women | Free skating |
| Day 4 | 26 December | 13:00 | 13:45 | Victory ceremonies | |
| Day 4 | 26 December | 14:00 | 16:30 | Exhibition gala |
Preliminary entries
The Figure Skating Federation of Russia published the official list of participants on 16 December 2021.Results
Women
- The former winner Kamila Valieva was disqualified for violation of anti-doping rules.
Junior Championships
The 2022 Russian Junior Championships were held in Saransk, Mordovia on 18–22 January 2022. Competitors qualified through international success or by competing in the Russian Cup series' junior-level events. The results of the Junior Championships were supposed to be part of the selection criteria for the 2022 World Junior Championships.There are two separate basis for qualification.
1. Qualification based on competing at the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix series.
2. Qualification based on Russian Cup series' junior-level results.
In addition, figure skaters who were included in the official pre-season national team roster but were unable to participate at the 2021–22 Junior Grand Prix series and/or Russian Cup junior-level series due to good reasons, 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.| Day | Date | Start | Finish | Discipline | Event |
| Day 1 | 20 January | 14:00 | 16:25 | Men | Short program |
| Day 1 | 20 January | 16:40 | 17:10 | Opening ceremony | |
| Day 1 | 20 January | 17:25 | 19:50 | Women | Short program |
| Day 1 | 20 January | 20:05 | 22:15 | Ice dance | Rhythm dance |
| Day 2 | 21 January | 13:15 | 15:50 | Men | Free skating |
| Day 2 | 21 January | 16:05 | 18:40 | Women | Free skating |
| Day 2 | 21 January | 18:50 | 19:20 | Victory ceremonies | |
| Day 2 | 21 January | 19:35 | 21:20 | Pairs | Short program |
| Day 3 | 22 January | 12:00 | 14:20 | Ice dance | Free dance |
| Day 3 | 22 January | 14:40 | 16:35 | Pairs | Free skating |
| Day 3 | 22 January | 17:00 | 17:30 | Victory ceremonies |
Preliminary entries
The Figure Skating Federation of Russia published the official list of participants on 14 January 2022.| Men | Women | Pairs | Ice dance |
| Ilya Yablokov | Sofia Akateva | Ekaterina Chikmareva / Matvei Ianchenkov | Irina Khavronina / Dario Cirisano |
| Veronika Zhilina | Natalia Khabibullina / Ilya Knyazhuk | Vasilisa Kaganovskaia / Valeriy Angelopol | |
| Kirill Sarnovskiy | Sofia Muravieva | Anastasia Mukhortova / Dmitry Evgenyev | Sofya Tyutyunina / Alexander Shustitskiy |
| Egor Rukhin | Adeliia Petrosian | Ekaterina Petushkova / Evgenii Malikov | Sofia Leonteva / Daniil Gorelkin |
| Artem Kovalev | Anastasia Zinina | Polina Kostiukovich / Aleksei Briukhanov | Ekaterina Rybakova / Ivan Makhnonosov |
| Fedor Zonov | Sofia Samodelkina | Ekaterina Storublevtseva / Artem Gritsaenko | |
| Andrei Anisimov | Elizaveta Kulikova | Kseniia Akhanteva / Valerii Kolesov | Sofiia Kachushkina / Oleg Muratov |
| Mariia Zakharova | Ekaterina Geynish / Ilya Mironov | Margarita Svistunova / Dmitrii Studenikin | |
| Ivan Popov | Anna Kireeva / Ilya Ivanov | ||
| Nikolai Ugozhaev | Sofya Titova | Varvara Cheremnykh / Daniil Butenko | Alisa Ovsiankina / Matvei Samokhin |
| Nikolay Kolesnikov | Alina Gorbacheva | Ekaterina Katashinskaya / Matvei Grachyov | |
| Kirill Andrusik | Alisa Dvoeglazova | Maya Shegay / Igor Shamshurov ' | Anna Shcherbakova / Egor Goncharov |
| Grigory Fedorov | Victoria Morozova | Sofia Aleksova / Ilya Vladimirov | |
| Maxim Belyavsky | Nadezhda Ponteleenko | Polina Kocherygina / Evgeni Artyushchenko | |
| Eduard Karartynian | Natalia Lagutova | Taisiia Linchevskaia / Timur Babaev-Smirnov | |
| Timofei Platonov | Inga Gurgenidze | ||
| Dmitry Shelkovnikov | Lyubov Rubtsova | ||
| Daniil Fedosimov ' | Sofia Zakharova | ||
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| Makar Puzin ' | Ulyana Shiryaeva ' | Anastasia Egorova / Rodion Marinsky | Nika Daineko / Aleksandr Vaskovich |
| Vladislav Dikidzhi ' | Sofia Vazhnova | Alisa Rodionova / Aleksey Karpov | Anna Kolomenskaya / Artem Frolov ' |
| Iuliia Artemeva / Mikhail Nazarychev ' | Elizaveta Maleina / Grigory Rodin ' |