Kisses from Kisse!

Well, this will have to serve as a belated HAPPY BIRTHDAY post for Anastasia Kisse, who turned 18 on July 27!  (Oops!)

She's another cutie!

Happy belated birthday!

Technically she competes for Bulgaria, but she trains at Novogorsk, so she's an honorary member of Team Russia....

Tusya Bulycheva & Kisse sporting Team Russia jackets

...and gets to go on vacation (to Croatia) with them.

Ksyu & Kisse

Kisse is besties with Tusya (Natalia Bulycheva)!

The height difference is really cute..

Kisa & Tusya have matching tank-tops!

She's also very fond of Dasha D.

And true to her name, Kisse seems to be a serial smoocher, planting kisses on all the girls...

Kisse & Dasha D

Ksyu & Kisse

Kisse & Makar

Kisse & Makar

Anna Trubnikova & Kisse

Kisse & Yana Kudryavtseva

Zhenya & Kisse

Dasha K & Kisse

...and her pets!

In Kazan!

Here's the whole team hanging out and training in Kazan!

Back: Rita, Blizia, Nastia M, Olga, choreographer, Ksyu, Tatiana Sergaeva (coach), Nazar; Front: Masha, Anna, Armina, Di, Olga Romanchenko (?), Elena

Front to back: Nazar, Blizia, Ksyu

Top to bottom: Anna, Ksyu, Masha, Nazar, Armina, Rita, Di

And here are some photos from the trip from Croatia!

Nastia M & Blizia

Yay for private planes!!

Clockwise from left: Nastia M, Nazar, Blizia, Leonid, Olga, Elena, Rita, Sasha, Ksyu

Blizia & Leonid Zinchenko (team doctor)

Makeup time!

An RG girl's always gotta look her best!

Zhenya

Zhenya

Dasha D

Kondak

Don't forget to help the babies too!

Mother Theresa (Zhenya) at work...

Armina Zaripova (coach) and Anna Trubnikova