Kisse wrestles Ksyu to the ground...

...and other crazy things that happened in Croatia!
Looks like Nastia Kisse got a little too excited when she ran into our resident cutie-pie giantess!  And despite the fact that Ksyu is one of the tallest girls--if not the tallest girl--there now, she totally falls to the floor right away!  Don't count on Ksyu to defend you if you get mugged, that's for sure!  ;)  (That's Rita at the end with Ksyu, by the way.)
And here's a video from the cutie herself--Ksyu, Nazar, Masha, ? and Yana K sending their greetings!

And here some more random pics:

"Kisa & Tusya" (Nastia Kisse & Natasha Bulycheva)

Nazar & Ralina Rakipova

Rita

Rita, ?, Masha, Yana K, Yulia Bravikova

  Even Son Yeon-jae is there!

Required RG summer wear: a floppy sun hat!

Ul

Donechka

Blizia

Nazar

Ul & Makar

Zhenya

Natasha, Nazar, Ul, Zhenya

Ul, Zhenya, Nazar, Natasha

Zhenya, Ul, Nazar, Natasha

Zhenya, Ul, Nazar, Natasha

Ul & Makar in St. Tropez

Jeez, I wish I could vacation like an RG girl!!  Back in May, Ul was relaxing in sunny Morocco.  Last month, Makar got to hang out at the beach in Italy.  This week, they're BOTH in lovely St. Tropez, hanging out with their pal Andrei Kirilenko and his family and a bunch of other pro basketball players!

Zhenya Telysheva, Vitaly Fridzon, Makar, Ul

Nikolay Padius, Zhenya Telysheva, Vitaly, ?, Andrei & Masha Kirilenko, Masha's assistant, Ul

Ul with the Kirilenko's daughter, and Makar in the back on the left

Nikolai, Vitaly, Ul, Andrei, Zhenya

 Before Makar arrived, they went to the beach.

Zhenya & Ul

Ul, Vitaly, Andrei, Zhenya

Today there was dancing...

Makar sitting and Ul

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...and funny hats...

Ul, Masha Kirilenko, Zhenya, ?, Makar

?, Andrei, ?, Vitaly

?? and Ul

...and Makar suffered a grievous injury...ROFL!!

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Trying for an Oscar, I see... :P

Karaoke, RG style!

The girls (and especially Dasha D) seem to be hanging out a lot with Matya (Ekaterina Malygina) recently!  Last week, they all went out for some karaoke!

Ul & Donechka on top, Matya on bottom left

Donechka

Makar & Donechka

Matya, Makar, Dasha D; Makar, Donechka

Dasha D, Matya, Samishka, Ul

Donechka & Dasha D

Donechka, Matya, Samishka

Matya & Dasha D

Ul & Matya

And Makar did some interpretive dance...sadly, I can't tell who's singing..

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Singing at the karaoke club wasn't enough, so Dasha D, Makar and Samishka continued in the car...

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...and some other time, they were singing at their favorite hangout, La PLAGE!

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All the retired beauties together!

Well, I don't normally post single photos, but I thought this one was just too good to ignore!!

Yulia G, Dasha D, Samishka, Ul, Donechka

That is quite a group of beauties!! O_O
I have to say, since these girls retired/left Novogorsk (plus Zhenya, Yana and Karolina), the average hotness level of the senior Russian team has TOTALLY fallen (in my opinion)....sighhhh!

Summer camp's over; time to compete!

It was the last day of summer camp in Croatia today!  Tomorrow the girls are flying out to Kazan to compete in the Universiade!

Dasha Svatkovskaya, Di

Here are a few more photos of the girls having fun in Croatia!

Ksyu

 I love Ksyu's aviators!!  I want them! :)

Blizia and Nazar are sporting some awesome caps!

Nazar

Blizia & Nastia M

Best of luck to my girls in Kazan!!! UDACHI~!

Sunday is Fun Day

Well the girls were back at their favorite hangout--La PLAGE--once again!  This time it was a big group!

Kukushkina 1, Blizia, Ul, Kukushkina 2 in back, Ksyu, Donechka in back, Nazar, Slava, Makar

Yeah, I can't tell the Kukushkina twins apart at all...

Ul & Kukushkina 1

They also took some hilarious videos via Vine:


And then after that, Ul and Makar headed to a party at Andrei Kirilenko's house.

Kirilenko in back center, Makar & Ul in 2nd row, Kirilenko's wife Masha in Bite Me shirt

 I wish I could party all day and night like them!!