Yes, Ilia Malinin speaks Russian and English; he has occasionally given interviews in Russian. Malinin was born in Fairfax, Virginia, a suburb of Washington, D.C. in 2004. As such he is a U.S. citizen. His parents, Tatiana Malinina and Roman Skorniakov, were born in the former Soviet Union and were Olympic figure skaters. The couple moved to the United States in 1998; they became U.S. citizens. His last name, Malinin, is the masculine version of his mother’s name and is derived from the Russian word for raspberry. He created a move called the “raspberry twist” in her honor.
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