Maria Drozdova/Danil Kiba (St. Petersburg, RUS) qualified for the Russian Mixed Doubles B-Division Championship playoffs, dropping their quarterfinals match 10-3 against Valeria Denisenko/Mikhail Vlasenko (Irkutsk, RUS). of the Russian Mixed Doubles B-Division Championship in Sochi, Russia;
 
Drozdova/Kiba are currently 4-0 in the 0 team Russian Mixed Doubles B-Division Championship qualifying round, held January 21 - 25 in , . In their opening game, Drozdova/Kiba defeated Larisa Simonova/Petr Triandafilidi (Vladivostock, RUS) 12-4, then won 5-3 against Maria Tsebriy/Maksim Shibilkin (Moscow, RUS) and 10-6 against Alevtina Muravieva/Andrey Suvorov (Moscow, RUS). Drozdova/Kiba won 14-5 against Anna Samoilik/Danil Dmitriev (Krasnoyarsk, RUS). In their next game, Drozdova/Kiba plays.
 
Drozdova/Kiba ranks th overall on the Year-to-Date rankings with points earned so far this season.