I don't understand what's wrong with this interview? The only part I could see being controversial is the one about Chen/Hanyu (at least judging by the comments I read on Twitter acting like Samarin belittles their achievements and who does he think he is anyway...). I don't speak Russian but after trying a couple of translations it sounds like he thinks it's possible for the Russian Men to challenge Chen/Hanyu and honestly, if they didn't believe so there would be no point in trying. No offense, I genuinely don't understand.
Also, petition for next season's thread to be called "Russian gentlemen skating league".
He sounds oddly upbeat, in the landscape where everyone is like, Gentlemen, your goal is not to lose the two spots you still have. If he is saying from the bottom of his competitive heart, that he can just see the quads taking him there, all power to him.