MOSCOW, August 24, Oleg Bogatov. The Israeli national team will be hosted by the executive committee of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR), a corresponding request from the national federation has been received, said Alexander Kogan, director general of the FFKKR. Earlier, a source said that 14-year-old Dmitrieva intends to compete for Israel. The Israeli Figure Skating Federation, in response to a request from the agency, responded on Wednesday that the transfer of the athlete is at the stage of registration. «Maria Dmitrieva has Israeli citizenship. We received a request to transfer from the Israeli Federation. Permission for the transfer is given by the executive committee of the federation. The decision will be made at meeting of the executive committee,» Kogan said. Previously, Dmitrieva trained in St. Petersburg under the guidance of Alina Pisarenko, then Alexei Mishin, and in April she moved to the group of Sergei Rozanov. Last season, the figure skater, who owns the triple axel, took 8th place at the St. Petersburg junior championship among juniors of the older age group.
