2012 Russian Figure Skating Championships
| 2012 Russian Figure Skating Championships | |
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| Type: | National Championship |
| Date: | 25 – 29 December 2011 (S) 5–7 February 2012 (J) |
| Season: | 2011–2012 |
| Location: | Saransk (S) / Khimki (J) |
| Host: | Figure Skating Federation of Russia |
| Venue: | Ice Palace (S) |
| Champions | |
| Men's singles: Evgeni Plushenko (S) Zhan Bush (J) |
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| Ladies' singles: Adelina Sotnikova (S) Yulia Lipnitskaya (J) |
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| Pair skating: Vera Bazarova / Yuri Larionov (S) Vasilisa Davankova / Andrei Deputat (J) |
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| Ice dancing: Ekaterina Bobrova / Dmitri Soloviev (S) Victoria Sinitsina / Ruslan Zhiganshin (J) |
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| Previous: 2011 Russian Championships |
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| Next: 2013 Russian Championships |
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The 2012 Russian Figure Skating Championships (Russian: Чемпионат России по фигурному катанию на коньках 2012) were the national championships of Russia for the 2011–2012 season. The senior competition was held from December 25–29, 2011 in Saransk while the junior competition was held from February 5–7, 2012 in Khimki. Skaters competed for the title of 2012 Russian national champions in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.
The results were among the criteria used to select the teams sent to the 2012 European Championships, the 2012 World Junior Championships, and the 2012 World Championships.
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Top pairs' teams Tatiana Volosozhar / Maxim Trankov and Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov appealed to the president of the Russian Figure Skating Federation, Alexander Gorshkov, to release them on medical grounds from participating in the championship, which is part of the selection process for the European and World Championships. Gorshkov said the pairs had earned their berths by virtue of their strong Grand Prix results and granted their exemptions from the Russian Championships.Nikolai Morozov, the coach of Grand Prix Final bronze medalist Alena Leonova, said she had also already earned her place in the team and could have missed the event but she chose to compete.
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