This is a Russian post-Olympic article from 2010: http://www.sports.ru/tribuna/blogs/bladerunner/68632.html
I am posting the translation below (I hope it's okay). Quite a wordy article but I thought it was a fascinating read and I agree with many of the view points that the author held regarding the path that Plushenko has chosen as a performer. He's a charismatic athlete and performer, but he's not an artist IMO because his skating lacks vision and thoughtfulness. I also think it's a shame that a skater as naturally talented as Plushenko refused to utilize his own country's long and gloried history of dance and music. He could've been so much more of a skater with his raw talent had he been exposed to or gained a real appreciation or understanding of a wider range of music (real music).
If you search on internet, in Russian articles, you can find many articles bashing Plushenko (He is not loved universally in Russia even he earned many medals for the mother land). If it happens to be written by some people with a name, it surely will lead people think they have a point. And if people like you happen to hold similar thoughts, it certainly will become your weapon to prove your point.
I do not agree with this article although I am a bit regret that Plushenko does not develop seriously some nice show numbers after his retirement years (06-09), since I know he can perform a wide range of characters convincingly. But as for the music choice, I could not agree with this Igor guy. Plushenko performed on many great classic music, it is not alike that he choose only pop music. Let us see:
From 01 on:
SP: Bolero (classic) LP: once upon of time in America (modern)
SP: Michael Jackson Melody (modern) LP: Carmen (classic)
SP: Adagio (classic) LP: St. Petersburg 300 (Russian modern music)
SP: Tango and Flamingo (classic?) LP: Nijinsky (mixed classic)
SP: Moonlight Sonata (classic) LP: Godfather (modern)
SP: Tosca (classic) LP: Godfather (modern)
SP: Aranjuez (classic) LP: Tango Amore (modern)
Plushenko certainly has his own vision on his music numbers, and his style evolved from classic to modern though keeps the beauty of the classic style. In my opinion that is creativity and push himself forward to seek new places, instead of staying in the comfort zone. If all these years Plushenko keeps skating to Russian classics, I am sure when he lost the competition, these "expert" could certain find other reason to blame his lost.
It is OK for people to like only certain style and feel sad that a talented person would deviated from their (people like Author) loving style to another style which they totally dissed. Igor has his opinion, but I am sure if Plushenko skated a great Russian music and lost, he will find other thing to say.
This Igor is crying more to the trend of young people loving western pop music over Russian classic, it is like that in many country. It is the invasion from Hollywood movies, the spread of modern music over media. At least Plushenko stated to many classic music (often his two programs contains one classic, one modern music, of course his classic version is often re-arranged a bit), not like he uses only western music.