Agent's revenge, criticism of fans and a call for peace: how, with the help of a video, they tried to quarrel Tuktamysheva and Medvedev

"The beginning of his dirty tricks"

Against the background of Alina Zagitova’s statement about a temporary suspension of her career, an unpleasant episode could go unnoticed, in the center of which was another Russian figure skater - Elizaveta Tuktamysheva. However, the attentive fans who follow each action of the athletes did not leave him without their attention.

A promo video for the upcoming national championship, which will be held from December 24 to 29 in Krasnoyarsk, appeared on the 2015 World Champion’s Youtube channel. In it, the soundtrack from the trailer for the film "Wonder Woman: 1984" was superimposed on frames with the performances of future contestants.

First, Tuktamysheva herself appears on the screen, and the phrase of one of the characters “My life is not what it sounds” sounds. Then the rental and training records of various skaters are demonstrated. In the words “All this art”, the viewer sees Alexandra Trusova, Alena Kostornaya and Anna Shcherbakova. On the frame with Evgenia Medvedeva and trainer Tatyana Tarasova, a different quote was imposed - “And this is just a trash can.”

It was the last episode that caused the discontent of Medvedeva fans who published it in their fan community on Instagram. Many of them accused Tuktamysheva of wanting to become famous in such a dishonest way and even of betrayal, hinting that she had committed meanness with respect to a man who considers her his friend. Some of them admitted that after this video the skater ceased to respect at all.

Tuktamysheva had to make a statement in which she completely denied her guilt. According to her, the author of the video is a former agent Valery Kharitonov, with whom she stopped working several months ago.

“We ended up on a bad note - he owed me the money that was allocated for the project, but then he disappeared and didn’t return it back, throwing threats and blackmailing me to publish supposedly terrible compromising materials to ruin my reputation,” the figure skater explained.

She decided not to respond to the threats, but the situation repeated after some time. Kharitonov again persuaded her to sign an advertising contract with a well-known company, but disappeared immediately after receiving an advance payment. According to her, other athletes became victims of the manager.

“The video on Youtube is the beginning of his dirty tricks towards my reputation. All this is ridiculous, sad and funny, because Zhenya knows my true attitude towards her, and besides, I immediately got in touch with her. I am very sorry that I had to tell you in such details about what concerns only me and my career, but you must know the truth, ”concluded Tuktamysheva.

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In addition, she apologized to Tarasova, Medvedeva, as well as her fans.

At the moment, Kharitonov himself did not comment on the statement of the former client. However, an indirect proof of her words can be the fact that the new owner of the Youtube channel changed its name to “Bad PR”.

"We are tired of the endless hat"

Explanations of Tuktamysheva did not suit all fans, but many after him breathed a sigh of relief. Medvedev herself did not stay away from what was happening.

“Lisa, everything will be fine! And for all clever people who run into Lisa, it would be better to close the squeaker. Do not touch the person and do not blame her for what she did not do, ”the two-time silver medalist of the Pyeongchang Olympics commented on the post.

Medvedeva is no stranger to criticism of the “war” of figure skating fans. Disputes over her departure from the group of Eteri Tutberidze still do not cease, and the reproaches on the part of Zagitova's fans, accusing her of envy and ingratitude, do not stop. Perhaps this is why the athlete decided to contact the fans a second time.

“I am grateful to all my fans, those who protect me. But I ask you to understand - we are all tired of this endless hat, which is daily splashed onto our pages, the pages of our friends and coaches. I really want figure skating to become a sport where everyone admires beauty, where there is no place for anger and persecution. Let's love him together! ”Wrote Medvedev.

Interestingly, this is not the first time that someone accidentally or intentionally tries to push two Russians between their foreheads. On the eve of the 2019 World Cup in Saitama, the media reported that Medvedev had unsubscribed from Tuktamysheva on Instagram. Many suggested that the reason for this was a joke addressed to her by fans of the 2015 world champion. The fact is that both girls fought for getting into the national team, but at the last moment the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) made a choice in favor of a younger athlete.

Then her agent Lebanon Matua had to refute rumors about a quarrel.

“Eugene did not unsubscribe from Tuktamysheva, as she has neither the ability to subscribe nor to unsubscribe from anyone. Its social networks are managed by an SMM manager. Eugene does not go to Instagram before the competition, do not look for a problem where it does not exist. Probably, the SMM manager made a technical mistake when working with subscriptions, ”Rua Novosti quoted Matua as saying.