MOSCOW, April 26, Pavel Levkovich. Honored coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova said, that foreigners will not come to the Russian figure skating Grand Prix tournament. On Tuesday, the head of the Ministry of Sports, Oleg Matytsin, said that the idea of our own Grand Prix tournament in Russia is being worked out. they won’t come to us,” Tarasova said. On Monday, the International Skating Union decided to cancel the Russian stage of the Grand Prix series in figure skating of the 2022/23 season, extended the suspension of Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in competitions under the auspices of the organization and brought it to consideration of the possibility of making a decision on the non-admission of members of the organization from Russia and Belarus to participate in the ISU Congress and the elections that will be held within its framework. In addition, the congress will consider the possibility of suspending countries' membership in the ISU in the event of force majeure.
