The most frequent venues of the stages and the Cup Final: Moscow, Kazan, Samara, Perm, as well as Yoshkar-Ola, Sochi and Dmitrov.
Russian stage of the international ISU Grand Prix (named after the same sponsor as the national cup - Rostelecom) was cancelled.
Competitions are held for two categories: The strongest athletes of the territorial organizations of the FFKK of Russia are allowed to participate in the Cup Stages.
In single skating, athletes can only apply for two stages of the Cup one by one of the ranks: the KMS or the MS.
The final list of participants is approved by the President of the Federation on the recommendation of the All-Russian Coaching Council.