“I have different friends - both men and women.
There are usually more male friends at competitions.
It's more fun with them somehow, you can laugh.
But there are also girl friends - one of them is my best friend Zhenya Tarasova, ”Izvestia quotes Tuktamysheva as saying.
Tarasova is a two-time European champion in pair skating.
Her partner is Vladimir Morozov.
Earlier it was reported that Tuktamysheva in training performed a quadruple lutz with insurance.