Vladislav Tarasenko is undergoing training before being sent “to the front line”. Yana Rudkovskaya said that Yulia Lipnitskaya’s husband could have been granted a deferment, but he “decided to go and defend the honor of the Motherland”
Photo: Yulia Lipnitskaya / VK
The husband of Sochi Olympic champion in the team tournament Yulia Lipnitskaya, former figure skater Vladislav Tarasenko was drafted into the army as part of partial mobilization, said “RIA Novosti” head coach of the Angela Plushenko Academy Evgeny Plushenko.
Lipnitskaya and Tarasenko are coaches at the Plushenko Academy.
“Vlad really got under mobilization, now he is actively undergoing training. As far as I know, soon he should leave for the front line. He had a wife and a small child at home, but he went anyway. He said that he would defend the Fatherland. There is no direct connection with him, we communicate through Yulia, ”Plushenko said.
Yana Rudkovskaya, producer and co-owner of the Angela Plushenko Academy stated “Match TV” that Tarasenko refused the opportunity to receive a reprieve.
“Yulia Lipnitskaya trains herself, Artem Znachkov helps her. We are proud that he was called, we could give him a reprieve. But he himself decided to go and defend the honor of the Motherland, ”said Rudkovskaya.
According to her, Lipnitskaya is “hard going through.” “We are all waiting for him back, the children are waiting for him,” added the producer.
RBC turned for comment to acting. President of the Russian Figure Skating Federation Alexander Kogan.
Lipnitskaya is the Sochi Olympic champion in team competitions, European champion and silver medalist of the 2014 World Championship. The skater retired in 2017.
Tarasenko and Lipnitskaya have a two-year-old daughter, Katalina.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced about partial mobilization on September 21, seven months after the start of the special operation in Ukraine. On October 28, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced that the plan to call up 300,000 people had been fulfilled, mobilization was being completed, and notification of the population about relevant events had been stopped.