Rukhin earned his 2nd assignment fair and square and was pushed out for Samoilov based on Plushy's name who asked for it. As I said there, they should have tested him in Poland, not this way. Yeah, I am mightily glad Samoilov did what he always does. He managed a silver in a very weak field. I am sure RusFed is thrilled with that mess.
As for the choreographer, good, that's good to hear because the programs I saw were old in style and it wouldn't do him any favors, or his skaters. Skating has moved on, he seems to have excellent facilities and some very talented kids (the girl I saw was very good) but they need new programs or they simply won't get anywhere. Especially in the ladies field that is insanely strong in Russia.
Which "mess"?
Junior Russian men:
232.79 Alexey Erokhov (JGP Minsk)
221.89 Alexey Erokhov (JGP Baltic)
219.22 Makar Ignatov (JGP Croatia)
211.74 Vladimir Samoilov (JGP Egna)
196.88 Makar Ignatov (JGP Riga)
196.20 Roman Savosin (JGP Brisbane)
195.63 Igor Efimchuk (JGP Minsk)
194.44 Igor Efimchuk (JGP Baltic)
188.36 Artur Danelian (JGP Croatia)
187.54 Roman Savosin (JGP Riga)
186.76 Egor Murashov (JGP Austria)
185.12 Egor Rukhin (JGP Brisbane)
181.35 Egor Murashov (JGP Egna)
175.80 Evgeni Semenenko (JGP Austria)
Note: If I've made any mistakes, or missed anything, corrections welcome!