Two-time Olympic figure skating champion Yevgeny Plushenko and eight Russian skaters were blacklisted by the war and sanctions portal of the main intelligence department 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 the Crimea, as well as promoting the development of sports on this Russian peninsula.