Dmitry Dubrovsky, President of the Ski Jumping and Nordic Combined Federation of Russia, stated the event, to be called the Copper Mountain Cup, would be in the Sverdlovsk region.

He explained this event was moved to a quieter part of the season to accommodate more athletes who may be competing on the FIS Ski Jumping World Cup circuit.

"We planned to hold open competitions in December, but we were a little organisationally unprepared, because they wanted to broadcast, but due to the World Cup there were no windows to prepare and invite more countries, so we decided to postpone it to March," said Dubrovsky to Russia's official state news agency TASS.

"We hope that in March, not only Russian athletes, but also athletes from friendly countries will come, take part, I repeat once again, this will not be an international start, but an internal Russian one under the auspices of the Sverdlovsk Region, our main partners. 

"We will try to organise them at the highest level, they will be called 'Copper Mountain Cup'."

The FIS continues to follow the recommendations of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which calls for athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus to be banned from major competitions indefinitely.

In October, the organisation confirmed these athletes would not be allowed to compete during the FIS 2022-2023 season.

Russia was unable to host FIS World Cup events from December 2020 for two years due to sanctions implemented by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), related to the cover-up of state-sponsored doping in the country.

This ban has de-facto been extended while the IOC continues to recommend freezing Russia and Belarus out of international events, meaning the countries have not been awarded sporting events since the invasion started.