[rosespower]

wow thanks for the pics!!!

[maratsmaiden]

Heidi, you never cease to amaze me!!

I love his pad too

[ad-out]

Originally Posted by monkeytattoo

Nor me, ad! What about a ziploc bin bag with inflatable love handles?

This look is not as good IMO!

Thanks so much for the apartment pics. He is messy!!

[Purrfecta]

Thank you Monkey tattoo,where would we be without you.
Apartment is lovely and so is Marat.

[monkey247]

Nice fan pics from "Legends of Tennis in Moscow": http://mk-mk.facebook.com/pages/MARA...68581?v=photos







The kiddies ...

[rosespower]

Nice pictures indeed

[monkey247]

Another couple of pics from the Legends of Tennis weekend, Russian Gazette gallery and article.

Bruguera, Mayor Luzhkov, Safin, Courier





Also, Slava Shorikov of Tennis-Piter.ru has updated his album.



This is like something out of "Dodgeball".

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[Safi]

Originally Posted by monkeytattoo

This is like something out of "Dodgeball".

And look at Marat's face

[KarlyM]

^
That girl looks like she's about a centimeter away from a major wardrobe malfunction. It sure explains the look on Marat's face.

I like the look on the kids faces in the 3rd pic in post #490 -- they look totally star-struck, so cute.

Thanks for finding the pics, monkeytattoo.

[monkey247]

Originally Posted by KarlyM

^ That girl looks like she's about a centimeter away from a major wardrobe malfunction. It sure explains the look on Marat's face.

Honestly. It's more like a Vegas floor show, than good, clean family fun.

Originally Posted by KarlyM

I like the look on the kids faces in the 3rd pic in post #490 -- they look totally star-struck, so cute.

So completely innnocent , even Yevgeny! Actually, come to think of it, everyone's gaze is riveted on Marat in this pic.

[monkey247]

Has anyone in Moscow bought this yet? http://www.deiz.ru/ Apparently it was issued last month.



Convenient list of vendor locations! http://www.deiz.ru/circulation.html

More publication info here and here.

Maybe other pics will eventually be uploaded onto the site, once this issue is no longer current. Btw Yuri Beloyvan was also interviewed for the magazine in 2008, transcript on his website / translation, and Marat gets a brief mention:

Friendship

My friends are few, because with a transition to a new level of material well-being, it's not possible to maintain a relationship. When you earn $300 a month and your classmates have the same income - it's easy to make friends. And when you start to make five thousand ...

Marat Safin, despite the great difference in age (he's 28, I'm 42) - one of my few friends. The tennis player Volkov introduced us eight years ago. Marat is a frequent guest at the tavern. Once we were together in Tibet, and when he was leaving, he said: "When I get home, I'll come and eat your borsch."

[Alya_C]

Thanks for posting.

Interesting comment from Yuri Beloyvan about friendship: «with a transition to a new level of material well-being, it's not possible to maintain a relationship»

Some people who get rich prefer to keep their old friends because at least they know that friendship is real, it started before the money.

I don't know if that is what he meant, I'm just comenting...

[monkey247]

^ The Beloyvan article/interview reads a bit like an abridged or "text-friendly" version of a conversation, so maybe some of the nuances are being lost. I suppose it depends on his definition of friendship/relationship and what he values in people. If a friend is a good one, differences in wealth are irrelevant, especially if, as you say, the friendship was established before the money came.

If someone in Moscow gets hold of a copy, I do hope you will "scan and share" soon.

[monkey247]

God knows how this website popped up in my 24 hr Google.ru search, but with pics like these, I think some things are just meant to happen.
These are from Marat's press conference, after he came back from 2 sets down to beat the Berd in Davis Cup. Some good ones of the match too.

http://www.greenmama.ru/nid/1634042/

Russia v Czech Republic, Moscow, 11 April 2008



Dedicated to everyone now en route to Atlantic City!

[monkey247]

Originally Posted by monkeytattoo

God knows how this website popped up in my 24 hr Google.ru search ...

Oh I geddit now. Today's 10th April, so it must do a kind of annual orbit in cyberspace.