Two-time Olympic champion in figure skating Yevgeny Plushenko and eight Russian figure skaters are blacklisted on the war and sanctions portal of the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, according to data published on the portal of this database. In addition to him, Alina Zagitova and Ilya Averbuch were also included in the list. The Ukrainian special service "accuses" the athletes of supporting Russian policy, traveling to Crimea, as well as promoting the development of sports on this Russian peninsula.