Sports Minister Mikhail Degtyarev publicly besieged Evgeni Plushenko after the two-time Olympic champion announced the degradation of Russian figure skating and sent his 13-year-old son to skate for Azerbaijan. The comparison with relocants turned out to be not the mildest point in his answer — at the same time he reminded that Plushenko’s own academy, meanwhile, is asking the state for tens of millions of rubles for patriotic ice shows.
- What the minister didn’t like class=»notranslate»>__GTAG8__ Degtyarev did not hide his irritation on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, notes xrust. According to him, no one disputes the right of a parent to transfer a child to another team — this is a personal matter for each family. But the minister did not forgive Plushenko for public assessments of the state of the entire sport: by his own admission, he does not understand why such statements should be made at all. Then the head of the Ministry of Sports drew a parallel, which scattered across the headlines: such rhetoric, he said, is strongly reminiscent of the behavior of those who left the country after the start of the special operation, and then hoped that harsh words would be forgotten by themselves. The people, according to Degtyarev, do not forget anything — neither the Ministry of Sports, nor society as a whole. He summed it up briefly: you can’t take back a spoken word. How it all started The formal reason was the transfer of 13-year-old Alexander Plushenko to the Azerbaijani national team — it was formalized back in May, and surprisingly smoothly: the junior did not have time to appear at tournaments under the auspices of the ISU and did not compete for the Russian national team, so there were simply no bureaucratic obstacles to changing sports citizenship. Evgeni Plushenko himself explained the decision by the desire to give his son international practice. But a little later he added a much harsher wording: skating programs in Kirov, Perm, Yekaterinburg, of course, is wonderful — but, according to him, this is outright degradation for athletes of this level. The timing here is remarkable. The statement was made almost immediately after Russian figure skaters were allowed to take part in international competitions — that is, exactly at the moment when the competition, from which young Plushenko allegedly left, began to return in his new field. Grant for patriotism — and a son in another team What is happening in parallel with educational rhetoric deserves special comment. The Plushenko's Angels Academy regularly submits applications for grants from the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives: either for three ice shows for almost 22.5 million rubles, then for the production of “Sleeping Beauty” with a budget of 168 million, where the justification directly includes words about raising a patriot and pride in the Motherland, then for “The Snow Queen” for almost 25 million — with the same wording about modern heroes and Heroes of Russia. An interesting picture emerges: the same person simultaneously explains to the state why money is needed for the patriotic education of youth through art, and sends his own son to represent another country on ice. It is this inconsistency, and not the fact of the transfer itself, that raises the most questions for many. Milonov vs. Tarasova: a scandal within a scandal Plushenko it came not only from the minister. State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov spoke out much harsher, calling the champion an opportunist and accusing him of disrespect for the country; According to the deputy, it is simply not worth judging the state of Russian sports by such an example. Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova stood up for Plushenko — but not so much for him, but against the very manner of conversation. The deputy, she noted, probably has enough other tasks related to the real problems of the country, and it is surprising that the State Duma has time for such attacks instead of balanced and respectful statements. At the same time, Tarasova did not support Plushenko’s assessment of degradation. Russian figure skating, according to her, remains competitive — but this competitiveness rests on the almost superhuman efforts of athletes and coaches. She called the exclusion from international competitions a real disaster that dealt a blow to an entire generation of athletes, but insists: this is not degradation, athletes continue to do what they do best. What does a 13-year-old child have to do with it Three-time Olympic champion and State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina reacted separately to the situation — and she was outraged not so much by the family’s decision as by the tone in which Alexander himself was discussed. In her assessment, the wave of criticism against the teenager is more like bullying, and the discussion participants seemed to have forgotten a simple thing: the boy is only 13 years old, and according to Russian laws he is a minor. Rodnina directly asked when society will finally realize that it is impossible to do this to a child, regardless of the decisions that adults make for him. Not the only case The story of Plushenko's son is not an isolated episode, but part of a broader trend. Literally next it became known about the transfer of a 15-year-old student of the same Plushenko's Angels academy, Zlata Saprina, to the Kyrgyz national team. Against the backdrop of limited access to international competitions, changing sports citizenship turns for juniors into a practical, rather than ideological, issue: an early international competitive schedule for many families means more than belonging to a particular federation. This is why the officials’ reaction looks so nervous. The Olympic champion's public discussions about the degradation of an entire discipline hit not so much the athletes as the reputation of the system — and against the backdrop of grant applications with patriotic formulations, this discrepancy between words and deeds is even more striking. Other news While figure skating is sorting out who is right in the dispute between the minister and the champion, Tatyana Tarasova managed to speak out about the principles of selection for international tournaments, and figure skater Alexandra Trusova this week received a diploma from Moscow State University. The ISU, meanwhile, assigned neutral status to the next group of Russian juniors — life in the discipline continues regardless of how the dispute between Degtyarev and Plushenko ends. Sources: https://www.kp.ru/online/news/7085435/ https://www.championat.ru/figureskating/article-6550446-plyuschenko-zayavil-o-degradacii-rossijskih-figuristov-posle-transfera-syna-v-azerbajdzhan-dopusk-figuristov-gnom-gnomych-grant.html https://sport24.ru/figureskating/news-724149-akademiya-plyushchenko-zaprosila-u-gosudarstva-boleye-19mln-rubley-na-shou-dlya-sokhraneniya-traditsionnykh-tsennostey-semi Xrust “The word is not a sparrow”: for which the Minister of Sports reprimanded Plushenko and compared him with relocants
- How it all started
- Grant for patriotism — and a son in another team
- Milonov vs. Tarasova: a scandal within a scandal
- What does a 13-year-old child have to do with it
- Not the only case
- Other news
What the minister didn’t like class=»notranslate»>__GTAG8__
Degtyarev did not hide his irritation on the Komsomolskaya Pravda radio, notes xrust. According to him, no one disputes the right of a parent to transfer a child to another team — this is a personal matter for each family. But the minister did not forgive Plushenko for public assessments of the state of the entire sport: by his own admission, he does not understand why such statements should be made at all.
Then the head of the Ministry of Sports drew a parallel, which scattered across the headlines: such rhetoric, he said, is strongly reminiscent of the behavior of those who left the country after the start of the special operation, and then hoped that harsh words would be forgotten by themselves. The people, according to Degtyarev, do not forget anything — neither the Ministry of Sports, nor society as a whole. He summed it up briefly: you can’t take back a spoken word.
How it all started
The formal reason was the transfer of 13-year-old Alexander Plushenko to the Azerbaijani national team — it was formalized back in May, and surprisingly smoothly: the junior did not have time to appear at tournaments under the auspices of the ISU and did not compete for the Russian national team, so there were simply no bureaucratic obstacles to changing sports citizenship.
Evgeni Plushenko himself explained the decision by the desire to give his son international practice. But a little later he added a much harsher wording: skating programs in Kirov, Perm, Yekaterinburg, of course, is wonderful — but, according to him, this is outright degradation for athletes of this level.
The timing here is remarkable. The statement was made almost immediately after Russian figure skaters were allowed to take part in international competitions — that is, exactly at the moment when the competition, from which young Plushenko allegedly left, began to return in his new field.
Grant for patriotism — and a son in another team
What is happening in parallel with educational rhetoric deserves special comment. The Plushenko's Angels Academy regularly submits applications for grants from the Presidential Fund for Cultural Initiatives: either for three ice shows for almost 22.5 million rubles, then for the production of “Sleeping Beauty” with a budget of 168 million, where the justification directly includes words about raising a patriot and pride in the Motherland, then for “The Snow Queen” for almost 25 million — with the same wording about modern heroes and Heroes of Russia.
An interesting picture emerges: the same person simultaneously explains to the state why money is needed for the patriotic education of youth through art, and sends his own son to represent another country on ice. It is this inconsistency, and not the fact of the transfer itself, that raises the most questions for many.
Milonov vs. Tarasova: a scandal within a scandal
Plushenko it came not only from the minister. State Duma deputy Vitaly Milonov spoke out much harsher, calling the champion an opportunist and accusing him of disrespect for the country; According to the deputy, it is simply not worth judging the state of Russian sports by such an example.
Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova stood up for Plushenko — but not so much for him, but against the very manner of conversation. The deputy, she noted, probably has enough other tasks related to the real problems of the country, and it is surprising that the State Duma has time for such attacks instead of balanced and respectful statements.
At the same time, Tarasova did not support Plushenko’s assessment of degradation. Russian figure skating, according to her, remains competitive — but this competitiveness rests on the almost superhuman efforts of athletes and coaches. She called the exclusion from international competitions a real disaster that dealt a blow to an entire generation of athletes, but insists: this is not degradation, athletes continue to do what they do best.
What does a 13-year-old child have to do with it
Three-time Olympic champion and State Duma deputy Irina Rodnina reacted separately to the situation — and she was outraged not so much by the family’s decision as by the tone in which Alexander himself was discussed. In her assessment, the wave of criticism against the teenager is more like bullying, and the discussion participants seemed to have forgotten a simple thing: the boy is only 13 years old, and according to Russian laws he is a minor. Rodnina directly asked when society will finally realize that it is impossible to do this to a child, regardless of the decisions that adults make for him.
Not the only case
The story of Plushenko's son is not an isolated episode, but part of a broader trend. Literally next it became known about the transfer of a 15-year-old student of the same Plushenko's Angels academy, Zlata Saprina, to the Kyrgyz national team. Against the backdrop of limited access to international competitions, changing sports citizenship turns for juniors into a practical, rather than ideological, issue: an early international competitive schedule for many families means more than belonging to a particular federation.
This is why the officials’ reaction looks so nervous. The Olympic champion's public discussions about the degradation of an entire discipline hit not so much the athletes as the reputation of the system — and against the backdrop of grant applications with patriotic formulations, this discrepancy between words and deeds is even more striking.
Other news
While figure skating is sorting out who is right in the dispute between the minister and the champion, Tatyana Tarasova managed to speak out about the principles of selection for international tournaments, and figure skater Alexandra Trusova this week received a diploma from Moscow State University. The ISU, meanwhile, assigned neutral status to the next group of Russian juniors — life in the discipline continues regardless of how the dispute between Degtyarev and Plushenko ends.
Sources:
- https://www.kp.ru/online/news/7085435/
- https://www.championat.ru/figureskating/article-6550446-plyuschenko-zayavil-o-degradacii-rossijskih-figuristov-posle-transfera-syna-v-azerbajdzhan-dopusk-figuristov-gnom-gnomych-grant.html
- https://sport24.ru/figureskating/news-724149-akademiya-plyushchenko-zaprosila-u-gosudarstva-boleye-19mln-rubley-na-shou-dlya-sokhraneniya-traditsionnykh-tsennostey-semi
Xrust “The word is not a sparrow”: for which the Minister of Sports reprimanded Plushenko and compared him with relocants
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