“How conscience is enough for this”: Plushenko and Rudkovskaya were supported in Russia after the scandal surrounding their son

“It's disgusting and disgusting.”

Russia continues to discuss the scandal surrounding the son of two-time Olympic champion Evgeni Plushenko, Alexander. Starhit magazine published an article suggesting that a seven-year-old boy could supposedly have a mental disorder - Asperger Syndrome.

Many representatives of the world of figure skating condemned the authors of the publication. So, the Olympic champion in ice dancing Tatyana Navka admitted that, becoming a public figure, she was faced with the fact that there are not so many decent journalists. She noted that she knows Alexander well as a purposeful, persistent and developed boy.

“First of all, he is just a child who has a period of becoming a person, who studies and looks at this world with wide eyes! Therefore, I sincerely wonder what you need to be in order to pour dirt into a clean children's world? How is conscience enough for that? I support his parents! Yana and Zhenya are great, the truth is on their side! ” - wrote Navka on Instagram.

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Posted by Tatiana Navka (@tatiana_navka) May 5, 2020 at 4:51 PDT

Plushenko Sr. and his wife, music producer Yana Rudkovskaya, intend to file a libel suit both in the Russian court and in the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg (ECHR). This decision was supported by coach Alexander Zhulin.

“Of course, this is not normal! Some idiots are writing all sorts of nonsense! I think these people should be called to court. Maybe Yevgeny and Yana need less to lay out all this information, because people have a lot of envy, ”Sport24 quotes Zhulin.

Two-time Olympic champion Maxim Trankov also declared the need to punish the authors of the material to the fullest extent of the law. He emphasized that not a single child deserves to participate in such stories.

“We are already accustomed to the fact that sometimes there is some kind of lawlessness in the press. I don’t know what word to describe all this. But this is disgusting and disgusting! And it doesn’t matter if the son is Plushenko or any other person. The journalists who wrote all this just exploit the boy, ”Trankov commented on the incident.

Four-time world champion Alexei Yagudin noted that there have been many scandals in figure skating recently. He recalled that several days ago, Russian media reported that Japanese fans allegedly opposed Yevgenia Medvedeva’s stay in the country. The publications were based on several posts on Twitter, which said that the athlete allegedly violated the regime of self-isolation.

“I will not comment on the methods of educating Plushenko and Rudkovskaya, this is purely their business, but to write articles about the fact that their child is mentally ill, based on“ anonymous sources ”, is already beyond. I understand that in such difficult times for everyone it’s hard to invent news out of the blue, but maybe we’ll try not to bully or slander children, dear media? ” - wrote Yagudin.

The Plushenko family is known far beyond the world of figure skating, so Gnome Gnomich, as relatives call Alexander, and his parents were supported by representatives of various sports and show business.

“I respect and love all of my viewers, fans, haters. I love all these people because they are beautiful. Any movement is promotion, advertising and happiness. But it’s not dirt and a way out of the framework, as for our children, ”commented sports journalist Dmitry Guberniev on the scandal.

Alexander Kerzhakov, head coach of the youthful national team of Russia, Tina Kandelaki, general producer of Match TV, Lera Kudryavtseva and Victoria Bonya, Bolshoi ballerina Anna Tikhomirova, singer Julianna Karaulova and even People’s Artist of the Russian Federation Philip Kirkorov did not stand aside from the scandal. He praised Plushenko Jr. for his stamina, and wished his parents wisdom and patience.

“Children of public people are not easy. Often, from birth, they come under the scrutiny of the public. How they live, what they eat, what they dress - journalists, fans are interested in everything ... I know what Sasha is an industrious and disciplined boy, who is not an age-old, and therefore sets records in sports! ” - said Kirkorov.

“Many famous people have children with disabilities.”

Two days ago, Starhit published information that Plushenko Jr. may suffer from Asperger Syndrome. The authors of the publication referred to an anonymous defectologist, who drew attention to the movements, facial expressions and behavior of the boy, allegedly characteristic of the disease.

The head of the publishing house that publishes the magazine is Natalia Shkuleva, the wife of the famous TV presenter Andrei Malakhov. According to Rudkovskaya, he “grabbed his head” and asked for forgiveness, although for some time he had nothing to do with the publication. The producer expressed the hope that he was sincere.

In addition, she added that the owners of the publication also sent messages with an apology, but the article was never deleted. Rudkovskaya again emphasized that her son does not suffer from any mental illness.

“If Sasha was a child with developmental disabilities (no matter what syndromes), our family would certainly not hide it! Eugene has a group of such children who trains on ice. Greta Tunberg today is the idol of millions, many famous people have children with special needs. There is nothing shameful about it, ”she wrote.

It is worth noting that Plushenko and Rudkovskaya are regularly criticized because of their attitude to their son. The ex-skater is accused of overly hard training, and the producer is accused of focusing too much attention on Gnome Gnomich from an early age.

Numerous commercials and challenges added fuel to the fire, in which the whole family takes part during self-isolation. Former footballer Andrei Arshavin suggested that the boy does it under duress, since a sincere smile is rarely seen on his face. First, Rudkovskaya answered the statement, and then Alexander himself.

“Why are you saying that I should always smile? It is not right. What am I, some fool? I can play football with you and beat you right away. Because you are weak. To beat you, it’s enough for me to make one tackle, ”Plushenko Jr. said.

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Publication by Alex Plushenko (@gnomgnomych) May 4, 2020 at 9:23 PDT