Senior Russian women's national team roster for the World Championship

The Russian Ice Hockey Federation can now reveal the full Russian women's national team squad for the 2019 IIHF World Championship.

Goalkeepers: Valeria Merkusheva (Dynamo Saint Petersburg), Nadezhda Morozova (Biryusa Krasnoyarsk), Anna Prugova (Agidel Ufa).

Defenders: Maria Batalova, Anna Shibanova (both Agidel Ufa), Ekaterina Nikolaeva, Anastasiya Chistyakova (both Dynamo Saint Petersburg), Nina Pirogova, Anna Savonina (both Tornado Dmitrov), Liana Ganeeva (SK Gorniy), Darya Teryoshkina (Canada).

Forwards: Elena Dergachyova, Anna Shokhina, Alevtina Shtaryova (all Tornado Dmitrov), Oksana Bratishcheva, Aleksandra Vafina, Viktoriya Kulishova (all SKIF), Diana Kanaeva, Ekaterina Smolina (both Dynamo Saint Petersburg), Valeriya Pavlova, Anna Timofeeva (both Biryusa Krasnoyarsk), Olga Sosina (Agidel Ufa), Fanuza Kadirova (SK Gorniy).

The competition will begin in Finland on April 4.