 Recovering from her injury, Volosozhar and Trankov decided to compete at the 2016 Russian Championships scheduled on December 24–27 in Ekaterinburg, Russia.They placed first in both the short program and free skate to win their third national title.On January 27–31, Volosozhar and Trankov competed at the 2016 European Championships in Bratislava, Slovakia, 
took their fourth European title with a total of 222.66 points, outclassing the second-place finishers, Germans Aliona Savchenko and her new pairs partner Bruno Massot, by more than 22 points.