Figure skater Skoptsova asked not to persecute missing Gorbacheva

Russian figure skater Anastasia Skoptsova urged to refrain from harassing missing 16-year-old figure skater Alina Gorbacheva .

Gorbachev disappeared Monday evening in Moscow, left the Chkalov Arena ice rink and did not return home. The Main Investigative Department of the Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation for the city of Moscow began a pre-investigation check into the disappearance of the athlete, and then a criminal case was opened under the article “ Murder”.

On Tuesday, the prosecutor’s office said that at 1 p.m. Moscow time Gorbachev was filmed by surveillance cameras at a cafe on the Volokolamsk highway. Later, one of the Emergency Situations Ministry employees involved in the search for the athlete told that Gorbachev had been sighted in the Moscow Ring Road area.

– I would like to ask you not to persecute Alina and not to succumb to public censorship! Don’t forget it’s still a baby! Which is most likely in a difficult psychological situation against the background of high loads. Be nicer. Being an athlete is not just about medals and championship victories…

Alina hasn’t gone home yet, so let’s support her in any way we can! Maybe she reads all the news and all that hate, doubly worsening her emotional state. And because of that, he is afraid to make contact! please support her Skoptsova wrote on her Telegram channel .

Gorbacheva is the winner of the Russian Junior Championship in 2023. The figure skater works with coach Sofia Fedchenko.