Surely. Her first coach now works in russia (and grandma lives in russia according to Sereda). They were in contact and despite of full funding from the girl decided to become the star of russian propaganda.
As I saw in X:
"It took the Russians four years of war to find a relatively well-known sports personality to carry out such a propaganda operation."
... this week, time depending.
Today (Dec 5)
4:00pm: Swimming US Open - Finals
9:00pm: Freestyle Skiing WC Big Air Beijing
9:30pm: Snowboard WC Parallel Giant Slalom Mylin
Dec 6
2:00am: Snowboard WC Big Air Beijing
6:45am: Freestyle Skiing WC Aerials Ruka
4:00pm: Swimming US Open - Finals
9:30pm: Snowboard WC Parallel Giant Slalom Mylin
Dec 7
7:30am: Freestyle Skiing WC Moguls Ruka
9:45am: Ski Mountaineering WC Soltitude Mixed Relay
Dec 8
6:30am: Freestyle Skiing WC Moguls Ruka
Dec 9
Dec 10
Dec 11
4:45am: Ski Cross WC Val Thorens
7:00pm: Snowboard Halfpipe WC Secret Garden
Bills, Warriors, and Canucks (have a headache, can't be bothered to put it in...)
No Elite 16 beach volleyball, weak field and most of the top teams have shut down their seasons already. No Snow League Freeski Finals, Heerenveen Speed Skating WC, Alpine Skiing WC either.
Oh dear oh dear. Going to be ructions with this one. Established international diver Sofia Lyskun wants to transfer from..... to !
Somehow I think the three year rule will be enforced.
Sofiia Lyskun: Ukrainian federation 'expresses deep indignation' after champion diver switches to Russia - BBC Sport