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Golden Ice of Stradivari Tyumen, Russia - 13.11.2008
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Plushenko "gild" the Tyumen iceShow "Gold ice of the Stradivari" expected all fans of figure skating in Tyumen. On November, 13th Evgeni Plushenko and other figure skaters of world popularity have pleased public of our city. Before performance Edvin Marton and Evgeni Plushenko have answered questions of journalists. Both celebrities were in good mood, conducted conversation easy and joked much.
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Evgeni, than you can explain "mad" popularity of figure skating in show business? Whether it is your merit?
Plushenko: I think, what is it not only my merit, it both Irina Slutskaya, and Roman Kostomarov with Tatyana Navka, and Maxim Marinin with Tanya Totmyanina. Popularity such because three gold medals and one bronze were won by Russia on Olympic games in 2006. In the history of figure skating in one country such never was. Producers have distinguished it, have picked up and have started to do projects, such as «Star ice» and "Glacial age". If you remember, in 2006 in shops even have ceased to sell the skates. It was impossible to buy neither professional, nor amateur - all has been sold. Now on figure skating in Moscow and St. Petersburg daily go on 300-500 persons in day. It is a lot of. Go not only children, but also adults, grannies-dedulki too began to go for a skating. It is pleasant, what even men began to go, though earlier many considered figure skating by a female kind of sports.
Edvin, you are able to skate?
Marton: I have already tried, and Evgeni me even has learnt to stop. Earlier I could go only forward and could not stop, but now at me it very well turns out, but back still I can not go.
Plushenko: I think, someone from you saw number which we have made on "Eurovision", and so there all of us three together were on the skates.
Evgeni where you feel yourselves - in amateur sports or in show business more comfortably?
Plushenko: I comfortably feel myself everywhere. I have not left yet anywhere, remained the fan, simply took for myself a time-out. Up to the end I have not made still decisions on that, to leave or remain.
For today I have already started trainings, we now write down the Short Program, we have not one variant, is simple for competitions definitive yet have not chosen. Percent on 80 I is assured that I will return to sports. I think, I will be supported also by St. Petersburg. I communicated recently with the chairman of committee on physical training and sports. He has told that they are ready to support.
You at all do not represent that such professional sports - figure skating. The same large quantity of gathering. These are suits, programs, the trainer on OFP (?), the choreographer, the trainer on figure skating, doctors. It is very big material component. And always it went only from my pocket. Therefore now I have, of course, raised the question that the Figure Skating Federation should help not only me, but also to all sportsmen who will represent our country in the World championships and Olympic games. Therefore at present all goes in a good key. When you are going to to return to sports?
Plushenko:
I plan by the end 2009 - 2010 to act at any small competitions. Besides, if will disturb nothing on health (Let's remind, in July, 2007 Evgeni Plushenko has have the most complicated operation on a knee. In Munich Plushenko have removed slices of the shattered meniscus, also later and field of a groin. Originally the figure skater planned to return to amateur sports in a season-2007/08.)
It would not be desirable to leave on competitions and to occupy 5-10 place. After the first it will be wrong.
When we can count on the same "gold" success, how in 2006?
Plushenko: When Plushenko will return on ice (jokes). I yet do not see leaders. Children go for a skating, but even if them to compare to me in 14 years I already became the world champion among juniors. By 12 years it is possible to see, something will turn out from you or not. Skating, rotations, jumps, the general behaviour on ice is visible. I compare myself in 15 years and, for example, the same Arthur Gatchinski's who at Mishin is engaged, like and anything, but not that. Children from Moscow, Perm, Kiev go for a skating, but do not occupy the first places.
Marton: The talent is one, and ability to behave on public - another. When I have won a violin of the Stradivari, my plus was that I did not worry at all.
Plushenko: To me Mishin always forbade to play the computer because before it it had sportsmen whom it forced down, and me, on the contrary - helped. Many cannot sleep before competitions, it is very bad. It is necessary to be switched off, work, on the contrary, with a cold head.
Evgeni, you now see the son?
Plushenko: I try to see the son, but it occurs very seldom because all of us equally have a conflict. More precisely, not at me, and at other party. Unfortunately, people there do not understand, what is it our general son, it is necessary to be on friendly terms on the contrary, to co-operate, bring up the child together.
Recently the internet was flooded with news that you are going to to have legal proceedings with the Government of Petersburg. It is the truth?
Plushenko: It has occurred not yesterday. The situation such is, but it not I have submitted the claim on Valentina Matvienko, and the assistant to my lawyer at whom the power of attorney has already ended. It has incorrectly arrived a little. Simply there are nuances on my Olympic apartment. Write that I want the second apartment. But I do not ask apartment neither from Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, nor at Valentina Ivanovny Matvienko, I want simply that all questions with the apartment presented to me were resolved. Business concerns official registration of papers. On this living space there is a litigation with my wife. They have forged documents and have told that have placed money for this apartment, now wish to receive 81 percent for it. Though actually not kopeyka have not paid. Well here such people at us, represent? Probably, there is nothing to eat, there is nothing to live - I do not know. Try such ways to earn.
I have asked simply the help that it is all was resolved, specified and at last have come to the end. Because process goes two years.
You, probably, have already overcome questions on your wedding?
Plushenko: Yes, to me often ask these questions. Wedding, probably, once will be. But now all suits me with Yana (Rudkovskaya), at all of us is perfectly in order, very well. It is necessary to be slightly, to look narrowly, all the same it is a lot of travel at me, at it now the project. She lives while in Moscow, I in Petersburg. It is necessary to solve, where we will be, though I have already told to it that to Moscow I will not move, it not mine.
Dima Bilan now actively is engaged in skating, whether you wish to test in a role of the singer?
Plushenko: I not bad skate and I will go for a skating. I know what very fashionably and popularly now to start to sing, write down the singles, but I do not want. We prepare the following project, now we carry on negotiations with sponsors, before the Eurovision we will do show: Edvin Marton, Dima Bilan and I. It will be small tour on cities of Russia which carrying out is planned in Moscow. We will choose cities.
To you film suggested to act in?
Plushenko: Cinemas offered me, especially in 2002 - 2006. But I could not come off sports because the most treasured dream - the Olympic Games has not been won still at that time. It would be desirable if to act in film, in any scale, serious project. So simply to be scattered on supporting roles it would not be desirable.
Edvin, it is the truth, what you prepare the joint project with Steven Spielberg?
Marton: The film "Caesar" now prepares. I write to it a soundtrack. It is long process, it will occupy some months. Edvin, whether wish to arrive with solo show?
Marton: We will prepare now for the Eurovision, then all together we will make the project, and in February I will go with round "Stradivari" across Russia, besides, I prepare the new program, I can not tell while, what. Still I wish to set up a record of Guinness. What is too while a secret.
Plushenko: Sausages will eat, for the speed, with beer to wash down.
And what do you think of alcoholic drinks?
Plushenko: Only on holidays!
Marton: I very much love wine. I even have a diploma of taster. I was in California, in Chile, Southern Africa, tasted there wine. And one my friend has many wine cellars in area Tokay and Vilan.
Evgeni, what you love more - football or hockey?
Plushenko: I love football though I have more than friends-hockey players more. Hockey I like to look the transatlantic.
Edvin, to Hungary do not plan tour?
Marton: We already acted in Hungary with very big success, at us there it is a lot of admirers. There is no, in my opinion, such person there who would not know my name or Evgeni Plushenko's name. We just were in tour in Germany, in Czechia, Slovakia, now we prepare for a trip to Italy, Japan. We wish to conquer all world.
Plushenko: Now, in connection with these two projects, "Glacial age" and «Star ice», people have forgotten about professional skating. That is look at actors as they for three-four months have learnt to go for a skating more, but it is impossible to forget that the TV is one, and the big Ice rink it is completely other story. Sportsmen have already forgotten, as it is necessary to go for a skating, unfortunately. Therefore our problem today are performances not in Russia, and abroad. We have already made 11 shows across Europe. We do not have problem - to pass more cities. We choose if Japan, only Tokyo. And there we will already look, how will go.
Evgeni Plushenko's show and Edvin Marton has literally blown up the Tyumen "Palace of sports". Spectators were pleased with new structure from familiar figure skaters. So, Elena Berezhnaya acted together with John Zimmerman, Julia Obertas - with Sergey Slavnov. Peter Tchernyshev whom televiewers have got used to see with Anastasiya Zavorotnyik, has shown brilliant skating with the partner Naomi Lang. The silver prize-winner «Extreme Ice 2006» from France, the highest figure skater of the world Loran Tobel, executing improbable jumps in a manner «hulking» has amused public. Viewers have seen and Ilya Gurylev submitting high hopes. A man's part of public, undoubtedly, the bright star of the Italian figure skating of Silviya Fountana has pleased.
Before performance Peter Tchernyshev and Julia Obertas have given a master class with young figure skaters. As Peter has noted, skating at all children good, and the bearing does not suffice. We will hope that next time the Tyumen figure skaters will surprise «star structure».
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[http://tumen.kp.ru/daily/24198/403821/]
Citizens of Tyumen very much like ice shows. Certainly, they could not pass Evgeni Plushenko's new program and Edvin Marton «Gold ice of the Stradivari». In "Sports palace" on Thursday there was a full notice.
Few hours before performance the champion and the musician left on ice to be warmed up. "Kalinka" at first have played, and the violin was held by Edvin, and a fiddle bow Evgeni managed. It has been then decided to execute "Murka". Only after small pranks have started the present training after which actors have given to a few time to questions of journalists...
- You together with Yana participate in show «Star ice». It has affected your relations? After all a lot of time should be spent on the skate, shootings.
- Actually I take not enough time on «Star ice». At me show, affairs in St. Petersburg is constant. Especially Yana goes for a skating with Ruslan Goncharov. But through one project we will act in joint number. Here such surprise...
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VERA (from plushwiner/forum)
It was pleasant to me. Show has turned out warm and sincere. Even itself did not expect. Can be the matter is that there was only 1 (ONE) circus number - Violetta Afanaseva with the spouse. All the rest - a figure. Evgeni, thanks, you on the right track! ...
... Evgeni in the good form, jumps all triple. But Axel I did not see. Speaking about the contence... I had in view of too most, as earlier, without changes. Skating too, as in Minsk. As usually in the Bomb suit has pushed speech. The Master class was, but it was conducted not by Evgeni, than Cheryshev and Obertas.
And it has gone on a press-conference. And we have gone. A press conference was very nice, though and with little information. Evgeni has seemed to me intelligent, clever, lovely, quiet and simple. Yes, yes, yes! Not "made important", it is absolute. All time smiled and joked. No platitude existed. Patiently and in detail answered everything, at times silly and tactless questions. Even the repeating.
With such confidence spoke about the returning in sports and was thus so it is charming that to me it was suddenly recollected from Pushkin:... "Well pretend to be, this sight can express all so miraculously, ah, to deceive me not difficultly, I to be deceived is glad".
Spoke about apartment, the son, about "Star Ice". Have asked and about Yana. He has reasonably answered that now they are fine, but it is necessary to live, look narrowly, but yet it turns out, she in Moscow, he in Peter whom is not going to leave. Has told that through episodes they will have joint number, it will go it to rehearse.
After show was the autograph-session. It was a separate pageant. Evgeni was in blue suit. To the people it was I count the person 100, and can and more. And it all has undersigned! And undersigned not only on disks, but also on tags, tickets, books and even ladies handbags.
All time joked, even security guards - young guys in strange helmets - laughed. This action by the way has been organised, it is amusing - have put an iron fence and to a table started up strictly on one. From outside it looked, as though the person goes to pass examination. Evgeni greeted everyone, asked questions, communicated and shootings with all. Children asked, whether they are engaged in figure skating. To girls did not refuse request to kiss itself. On loading the truth forced to kiss and Martona
The Interesting moment.... When thirsting there was a person 10-15, Evgeni has risen and was going to leave. Here the turn has rustled, type we how many stood, also children too. Then he has asked: "And still someone is?"- "Yes!" Then it it is obedient villages and has continued the work, has not undersigned yet all. We have approached the latest. At last I have given it the disks.
- "What is it?" - "It is your Ural tours". - "Yes, you that! ... Zhenya has opened his blue eyes... "Thanks." - "Zhenya, you will act in Kazan?" - "It is obligatory". - "In competition?" - "In the Championship of Russia?" - "Yes". - "... We will look".
That's all. If so, it is short
Video I do not know when I will lay out, but I will try faster.
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Yesterday had pleasure to contemplate Evgeni Plushenko's ice show and Edvina Martona.....
Evgeni ... Zhenechka ... yes, any more that "sweet" and the young boy about which was so pleasantly to think everyones «nonsenses and pranks». Certainly to think about him and it is now pleasant, but any more as earlier. There is no that trembling and the response in a shower that it called earlier. Certainly, very few people paint year. Has acted, skating … it is well done appreciable that it moves any more as earlier, professional traumas and leaving from sports for certain affect. And what here you will do? Has left sports with honour and advantage. I respect! In general, it all the same well done - molodec!
oh, my english... I thought: HE may not know that there RussChampionship 
... i can posted link only if put a "silly" brackets before and after him 
