Figure skater Volodin said his partner Hase could not enter Russia because she belonged to the German armed forces.

The winner of the Figure Skating Grand Prix Final, Nikita Volodin, said in an interview with that he plans to train in Sochi with a new partner. Minerva mist But they had to leave for Berlin.

Khaze and Volodin became a couple in the summer of 2022. In December, the German couple won the Grand Prix Final.

— Do you live and train in Berlin?

— Yes, since October last year I have been living in the national team athletes’ dormitory in the capital.

“Did Minerva make it a condition that you must train in this city?”

– That’s not his condition. Initially, we planned to work in Sochi. But Minerva cannot enter Russia, since she is in the Bundeswehr (German armed forces – Note from ), Volodin told .