After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Ice Hockey Federation suspended Russia from all levels of competition.

[1] Russia competed as an independent nation for the first time at the 1993 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Gävle, Sweden.

Russia won their first medal, a bronze at the 1994 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Cherepanov died on 13 October 2008 at the age of 19 during a Kontinental Hockey League game when he collapsed on the bench after a line change.

[citation needed] After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Ice Hockey Federation suspended Russia from all levels of competition.