Early in his career, Novikov skated with
Anastasia Grebenkina,
Ekaterina Gvozdikova, and Mackenzie Moliver. Novikov teamed up with
Svetlana Kulikova in January 2003. They won the first competition they entered as a team, the
2003 Nebelhorn Trophy. They won two medals at the
Russian Championships and competed twice at the European and World Championships. Their best results were 7th at
2005 Europeans and 13th at
2004 Worlds. Kulikova and Novikov were coached by
Tatiana Tarasova and
Evgeni Platov. They parted ways after placing 14th at the
2005 World Championships. Novikov teamed up with Olga Orlova in spring 2005. They placed 6th at the
2005 Cup of Russia and 5th at the
2006 Russian Championships. Novikov currently works as a coach. == Programs ==