Irina Rodnina

politician

Irina Rodnina is a three-time Olympic champion in pair skating and a member of the Russian State Duma, where she has served as a deputy. She has been publicly active in commenting on sports issues, including the mental health of figure skater Kamila Valieva, the performance of male single skaters at the Olympics, and the return of athletes to competition. Rodnina has also expressed opinions on political and social matters, such as the impact of sanctions and the role of sports figures in public life.

Events

• The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) granted the Russian Hockey…
• Three-time Olympic figure skating champion and State Duma deputy of…
• Tatyana Tarasova Hospitalized Again
• Moscow, September 21. A farewell ceremony for two-time Olympic…

Recent coverage

• Rodnina explained Canada's reluctance to issue visas to Russian hockey players — Вести
• Guberniyev responded to Rodnina on criticism of his manner of commenting — Вести
• Rodnina responds to calls to stop funding ice shows — Вести
• Deputy Irina Rodnina spoke out against cancellation of grants for ice shows — Вечерняя Москва
• Rodnina named lack of endurance as main problem for Valeyeva — РИАМО
• Rodnina: Utility tariffs increase every year, but there is no catastrophe in this — Вечерняя Москва
• Rodnina wished Tarasova health after trainer's second hospitalization — Вечерняя Москва
• Rodnina approved Valieva's refusal to challenge the loss of neutral status — РИАМО
• Rodnina humiliated Gleichenhaus with words 'standing at the rail is a completely different job' — Вечерняя Москва
• Irina Rodnina described life in the US with the phrase 'cut off their oxygen for 12 years' — Вечерняя Москва
• Rodnina called men skating in singles at the 2026 Olympics 'scum' — Вечерняя Москва
• Valuyev, Zhuravleva, Fetisov and Rodnina enter new State Duma composition — Вечерняя Москва
• Irina Rodnina named the main reason for Kamila Valieva's problems — Вести
• 18 deputies will represent the 'United Russia' in the federal parliament — РИАМО
• Rodnina and Tretiak bid farewell to Chepikov at Troekurovskoye Cemetery — video — РИАМО
• In Moscow, they say goodbye to biathlon legend Sergey Chepikov — Фонтанка
• Two-time Olympic champion Chepikov buried at Troekurovo Cemetery — Коммерсантъ
• Farewell for biathlete Sergey Chepikov takes place at Troekurovskoye Cemetery — Вечерняя Москва
• State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina inspected voting sites in Khimki — РИАМО
• Irina Rodnina urged to leave son Plushchenko alone after failed debut — Вести