- You just signed, probably a thousand autographs. How difficult is it for you to communicate with so many people?
- Now it was not at all exciting and not tiring for me. On the contrary, I am charged with such positive from it. With great pleasure I talked with everyone, took pictures. The atmosphere here is not like a competition, it is more friendly. People ask completely ordinary questions, I am happy to talk to everyone.
- You were given two whole buckets of ice cream today.
- Oh yes (laughs). There were many gifts, they give flowers. Different people give me buckets of ice cream, it's amazing. They also gave Bing Dun-Dun with a sticker for the Mafia (Ani's cat - ed.), so the gift will be delivered. What does participation in such events mean to you? We know that you love dogs very much.
- Once upon a time, I said in an interview that I myself really want to somehow help homeless animals from shelters. They saw this interview and suggested that there is such an opportunity. I thought it was incredibly cool that I can make some small contribution to this cause. I was already at the cat show, now - dogs. This time a lot of people, fans came. And I am very glad that people, perhaps, first come just to see me, get an autograph, and then they see this atmosphere, they are charged with it. Perhaps one of them will also take the dog into the house. I am very happy about it.
- What will you do with the presented buckets of ice cream?
- I'll bring it home, and there, maybe my sister will take it (laughs). Or parents. I don’t know yet, but we have a big family, so it won’t be lost.
- Do you want to take another dog home?
- Oh, being at these exhibitions, I can hardly resist not to drag them all away (laughs). But I don't know, maybe.
- There are two dogs here that are very close to you. Why would you want to leave today without them?
- This is true. At the shooting (advertisement of the event) I was with two beautiful, very cute dogs. They are also from the shelter, so when I first entered the room, they huddled up, got scared. And before the shooting began, we followed them for an hour and a half. I talked with them, stroked, fed. And already at the shooting they lay down on me, they became so calm. Of course, everyone needs their own approach. It was hard to part with them. Now I saw them at the exhibition, and I immediately wanted to see them. I really want to take them all to me, but I do everything in my power so that each of them finds a home. I do not rule out that I will eventually leave with one of them today, but I also have to take into account that I already have a big dog at home - a boy. Those dogs that I shot with are also boys, and boys and boys don't get along very well. This must also be taken into account.
- Is there any hope that your dad will agree that you still need a dog? I know he's a little skeptical about this.
- He still has a slight allergy, so he needs to say thank you for the fact that we already have so many animals at home - for him this is already a feat. But if I silently come with the dog, who will tell me what? (laughs)
- Do your other dogs also have difficult shelter storie
- Yes, there was an interesting moment that the dog Med, with whom I filmed (for advertising the exhibition), is very similar to my Boni. When I was little, my sister and I just went for a walk, and Boni ran after us and we took her with us, brought her home. She became our first pet. Here is such a story. And now Sandy lives at my house - we took him from a shelter during quarantine. He has already had enough time to adapt to the house, so everything is fine.
- How do dogs and cats get along in the same hous
- Wonderful. Well, our cat mostly lives in the apartment, so they rarely intersect. I would say they are neutral. Not best friends, of course, but they don't fight.
- Are you training Sandy? Does he know any command
- Knows "sit", "give a paw." "Lie down" only if in a good mood. And so he is hyperactive, rushes all the time, he just needs to play. So it’s not up to the teams - they are in the background.
- You are now taking the exam, how did you find time for the exhibition?
- I found time for the exhibition without difficulty, because now is the off-season - I came with joy. As for the Unified State Examination, I passed two exams - Russian and mathematics. Biology remained - the most difficult. I hope everything will be fin
- A neutral question - neither about sports, nor about the exhibition. What are you looking forward to this summe
- If we consider summer as a holiday, then we have it in May. It has already ended - there were many new impressions. Usually summer is already the time associated with figure skating, but when there are no competitions yet. I will also be on the show. In general, summer is an opportunity to combine figure skating, beautiful weather outside the window and some other interesting new events in my life.