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Yep. Literally, Raf allowed him to skate along with his students.

And even Arutyunyan has something to say on that matter - Zhenya and Orser won’t find it easy, but they’ll have more of a chance than Yulia when she was sent packing from Eteri’s group. https://rsport.ria.ru/figure_skating/20180506/1136476156.html Guys, I think it’s settled by now. Anyone wants to bet?

Elena Vaitsekhovskaya, Russian journalist, writes as it were settled Zhenya goes over to Brian Orser. She might be in the know. https://rsport.ria.ru/blog_rian/20180506/1136475036.html

Mikhail Kolyada intends to go to California to do some training with Rafael Arutyunyan https://rsport.ria.ru/figure_skating/20180506/1136475645.html

No, Russian schools are mostly not about packaging or polishing - they’re about big dramatic jumps. With bad technique attached.

A coach who hasn’t really worked with senior students can find it difficult to cope.

No, it’s not likely in the short term, I’d say. Just because many of her students end up with coaches like Eteri. She’s likely to be stuck with juniors until the end of her coaching years

Hmmm, it would take some time to research, but... Urmanov is no longer teaching any top students. No financing. So basically it’s Sambo 70 with Eteri and Tsareva, CSKA with Buyanova and Sokolovskaya, and a couple of St.Petersburg coaches like Mishin or Chebotareva. There isn’t a more powerful women’s coach than Eteri in Russia now. Literally. So anyone Zhenya decides to go to within Russia, that’s going to mean downgrading.

There’s Panenkova, but god, if that’s going to be an epitome of women’s skating...

Sorry for waking you up with our howls of helpless laughter!

Tsurskaya to Buyanova change news seems to be fake.

Her vacation is completely ruined, no doubt.

People like Zoueva? Or Tarasova, while she still lived in the US?

Then no, Russian skaters haven’t really trained with any foreign coaches. They trained with some who stayed in the US... He’d ruin his technique in doing that. There isn’t that much prerotation on axel anyway, I think.

Well... depends on the definition of a Russian lol Is Eteri Russian? Is Arutyunyan Russian?

Look, Zhenya, Gabby and Brian we’re together at the same show, they could have talked about that. Zhenya isn’t really Gabby’s rival - they are from different national teams. And both can learn something from each other.

Hey, I don’t mind Wakaba going there. These two are very good friends, after all...

Has she done with that ice show, I wonder?

Wakaba and Boyang are less certain now than Zhenya. That’s how I see it.

The fandom will have to shut up. I don’t think Zhenya’s doing this for shipping’s sake. She’s got her future on the line...

So Yuzu and Javi never happened? Riiiiight...

I’m also curious to see if she gives any reasons for parting ways with Eteri...

I think Laishev’s bluffing it now. Zhenya wouldn’t have gone to this trouble for changing to Tsareva.

I don’t think it’s worth going to this trouble for any Russian coach at the moment, sorry. There’s no one equaling Eteri’s reputation now here.