Russian figure skating coach Alexei Chetverukhin has stopped coaching 22-year-old Egor Ruhin after the skater switched his sports citizenship to Bulgaria.
Chetverukhin confirmed the decision to news agency TASS, stating that Ruhin is no longer training under his guidance for the current season.
Hristo Turlakov, president of the Bulgarian Figure Skating Federation, confirmed that the 22-year-old skater has changed his athletic allegiance. Ruhin will represent Bulgaria in upcoming international competitions.
Ruhin is now training in Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, according to reporting by sports outlet Match TV. The skater had been working with Chetverukhin in Moscow since May 2024.
International skating rules and Bulgarian federation
Bulgaria participates in international figure skating competitions under the auspices of the Bulgarian Figure Skating Federation. The International Skating Union, the world governing body for competitive ice skating, regulates athlete transfers between national federations for events such as the European Championships, World Championships, and Grand Prix series.
Sofia, located in western Bulgaria at the foot of Vitosha Mountain, serves as the central base for the country's national sports governing bodies.
Recent Russian competitions and move to Sofia
Ruhin last competed on the Russian domestic circuit in October 2025 at a stage of the Russian Grand Prix held in Magnitogorsk. He finished in 11th place at the event.
The Russian Grand Prix is a nationwide competitive series organized for elite domestic skaters. Magnitogorsk, an industrial city in the Chelyabinsk Oblast near the Ural Mountains, hosted the stage on the national calendar.
Coaching history and past achievements
Prior to joining Chetverukhin's group in May 2024, Ruhin trained under several prominent figures in Russian figure skating. His former coaches include Eteri Tutberidze, Evgeni Plushenko, Elena Buianova, and Alexei Vasilevsky.
Tutberidze is known for coaching Olympic and world champions at the Khrustalny rink in Moscow, while Plushenko, a 2006 Olympic champion, heads his own skating academy. Buianova is a veteran coach based at CSKA Moscow.
Ruhin won the Moscow Figure Skating Championship in 2024. Earlier in his career, he claimed a bronze medal at a 2021 stage of the ISU Junior Grand Prix in Gdansk, a coastal city in northern Poland.
