# 2015 Rostelecom Cup

The 2015 Rostelecom Cup was the fifth event of six in the 2015–16 ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating, a senior-level international invitational competition series. It was held at the Luzhniki Small Sports Arena in Moscow on November 20–22. Medals were awarded in the disciplines of men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating, and ice dancing. Skaters earned points toward qualifying for the 2015–16 Grand Prix Final.

## Entries

| Country | Men | Ladies | Pairs | Ice dancing |
| Belarus | | | | Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev |
| Canada | Nam Nguyen | Alaine Chartrand | Hayleigh Bell / Rudi Swiegers Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje |
| China | | | Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao | |
| Germany | Peter Liebers | | | |
| Israel | Alexei Bychenko | | | |
| Italy | Ivan Righini | Roberta Rodeghiero | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri |
| Japan | Takahiko Kozuka | Rika Hongo Riona Kato Yuka Nagai | | |
| South Korea | | | | Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov |
| Russia | Mikhail Kolyada Adian Pitkeev Sergei Voronov | Evgenia Medvedeva Elena Radionova Adelina Sotnikova | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert | Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov |
| Spain | Javier Fernández | | | |
| Slovenia | | Daša Grm | | |
| Sweden | | Joshi Helgesson | | |
| United States | Ross Miner Adam Rippon | Polina Edmunds Hannah Miller | Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea | |

### Changes to initial lineup

* On September 14, Adelina Sotnikova, Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert, and Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov were added as a host picks.
* On October 16, Sara Hurtado / Adrià Díaz were removed from the roster. It was announced that the couple had split. On October 26, their replacement was announced as Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev.

## Results
### Men

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Javier Fernández | Spain | 271.43 | 2 | 86.99 | 1 | 184.44 |
| 2 | Adian Pitkeev | Russia | 250.47 | 1 | 87.54 | 5 | 162.93 |
| 3 | Ross Miner | United States | 248.92 | 3 | 85.36 | 4 | 163.56 |
| 4 | Adam Rippon | United States | 248.63 | 6 | 78.77 | 2 | 169.86 |
| 5 | Mikhail Kolyada | Russia | 247.97 | 5 | 79.64 | 3 | 168.33 |
| 6 | Sergei Voronov | Russia | 244.60 | 4 | 84.17 | 7 | 160.43 |
| 7 | Nam Nguyen | Canada | 231.67 | 7 | 70.78 | 6 | 160.89 |
| 8 | Ivan Righini | Italy | 204.16 | 9 | 68.90 | 8 | 135.26 |
| 9 | Takahiko Kozuka | Japan | 195.48 | 8 | 69.61 | 9 | 125.87 |
| 10 | Alexei Bychenko | Israel | 186.00 | 10 | 67.46 | 10 | 118.54 |
| WD | Peter Liebers | Germany | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |

### Ladies

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Elena Radionova | Russia | 211.32 | 1 | 71.79 | 2 | 139.53 |
| 2 | Evgenia Medvedeva | Russia | 206.76 | 3 | 67.03 | 1 | 139.73 |
| 3 | Adelina Sotnikova | Russia | 185.11 | 4 | 65.48 | 3 | 119.63 |
| 4 | Polina Edmunds | United States | 183.20 | 5 | 65.29 | 4 | 117.91 |
| 5 | Rika Hongo | Japan | 179.12 | 6 | 63.45 | 5 | 115.67 |
| 6 | Alaine Chartrand | Canada | 173.42 | 2 | 67.38 | 7 | 106.04 |
| 7 | Roberta Rodeghiero | Italy | 162.72 | 7 | 56.85 | 8 | 105.87 |
| 8 | Yuka Nagai | Japan | 159.62 | 9 | 53.19 | 6 | 106.43 |
| 9 | Joshi Helgesson | Sweden | 157.54 | 8 | 56.85 | 10 | 100.69 |
| 10 | Riona Kato | Japan | 155.56 | 10 | 50.26 | 9 | 105.30 |
| 11 | Hannah Miller | United States | 145.21 | 11 | 47.98 | 11 | 97.23 |
| 12 | Daša Grm | Slovenia | 137.56 | 12 | 44.72 | 12 | 92.84 |

### Pairs

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SP | SP | FS | FS |
| 1 | Ksenia Stolbova / Fedor Klimov | Russia | 214.70 | 1 | 75.45 | 1 | 139.25 |
| 2 | Yuko Kavaguti / Alexander Smirnov | Russia | 208.02 | 2 | 71.70 | 2 | 136.32 |
| 3 | Peng Cheng / Zhang Hao | China | 193.04 | 3 | 68.10 | 3 | 124.94 |
| 4 | Tarah Kayne / Daniel O'Shea | United States | 181.23 | 6 | 58.78 | 4 | 122.45 |
| 5 | Natalja Zabijako / Alexander Enbert | Russia | 180.56 | 5 | 60.77 | 5 | 119.79 |
| 6 | Valentina Marchei / Ondřej Hotárek | Italy | 178.19 | 4 | 62.43 | 6 | 115.76 |
| 7 | Kirsten Moore-Towers / Michael Marinaro | Canada | 158.75 | 7 | 51.97 | 7 | 106.78 |
| 8 | Hayleigh Bell / Rudi Swiegers | Canada | 130.46 | 8 | 46.53 | 8 | 83.93 |

### Ice dancing

| Rank | Name | Nation | Total points | SD | SD | FD | FD |
| 1 | Kaitlyn Weaver / Andrew Poje | Canada | 173.58 | 1 | 69.49 | 1 | 104.09 |
| 2 | Anna Cappellini / Luca Lanotte | Italy | 171.61 | 2 | 67.82 | 2 | 103.79 |
| 3 | Victoria Sinitsina / Nikita Katsalapov | Russia | 167.40 | 3 | 63.63 | 3 | 103.77 |
| 4 | Charlène Guignard / Marco Fabbri | Italy | 153.54 | 4 | 60.58 | 5 | 92.96 |
| 5 | Elena Ilinykh / Ruslan Zhiganshin | Russia | 153.01 | 6 | 54.46 | 4 | 98.55 |
| 6 | Rebeka Kim / Kirill Minov | South Korea | 134.95 | 7 | 51.83 | 6 | 83.12 |
| 7 | Viktoria Kavaliova / Yurii Bieliaiev | Belarus | 110.32 | 8 | 41.60 | 7 | 68.72 |
| WD | Ksenia Monko / Kirill Khaliavin | Russia | withdrew | 5 | 59.03 | withdrew from competition | withdrew from competition |