Russian champion of Europe Aliyev told about plans to finish his career

European champion Russian figure skater Dmitry Aliyev told in an interview with Ida Galich published on the VK Video platform about his plans to retire.

Aliyev missed the 2025/26 season due to tuberculosis.

I was ready for the season and I was ready. It would be the final season for me because I have decided to retire. I was on the international stage for a long time before we were closed. And at a high level for almost 12 years, he said.

Aliyev is the European champion of 2020 and the silver medalist of the CHE-2018. On account of his victory at the championship of Russia in the season 2019/20.

In 2019, at the Challenger tournament in Bratislava, Aliyev set a record among Russian skaters for points in the short program (101.49), which was beaten by Vladislav Dikidzhi (107.31) in October.