Tatiana Tarasova: “I don’t follow skaters who moved to other countries. They’re not the main ones, they weren’t in the national team.”

Honored Coach of the USSR Tatyana Tarasova told that she does not follow the careers and performances of Russian figure skaters who joined the national teams of other countries.

Sports citizenship has changed in recent years: Anastasia Gubanova and dance duo Diana Davis/Gleb Smolkin, who now perform for the Georgian national team, sports couple Alexey Sviatchenko/Maria Pavlova (Hungary), Vladimir Samoilov (Poland) , Nikita Volodin, who perform in Germany in duo with the German Minerva Hase.

— Do you follow the Russians flying the flags of other countries?

– There is few of it. The guys who were at the end of our team have moved somewhere and are skating. Not the main ones, they weren’t part of any national team. I don’t follow them specifically,” Tarasova told .

By decision of the International Skating Union (ISU), Russian figure skaters are suspended from participation in international competitions due to the events in Ukraine.