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Fourth Power
Press
Press is the fourth power,
the only limit for bureaucracy
A talk with a bureaucrat

By permission of www.dogwinner.dog.ru. English translation by M.Mikheeva. Illustrated by A.Gility.


An opinion     

COMMENTARY
on the performance of the Russian team
at the World Agility Championship 2002

On 12 June 2002 RKF President A.I. Inshakov signed an order according to which M.V. Kirillov was appointed to be the trainer of the Russian team at the World Agility Championship 2002. This appointment was made according to the request of the "leading" Agility handlers. Let's discuss the performance of those "leading" handlers in Dortmund. >>> Continue >>>

Andrei Ignatov, 16 October 2002
Andrei Ignatov

Russia's Top Handlers

A.Gility interviews Svetlana Tumanova,
an awardee of the World Agility Championship in Mini Agility

 

 
Handler: Svetlana Tumanova
Age: 27 years
Civilian state: single
Agility experience: 7 years
Dog: Aiskneht Osborn (Bonny)
Breed: German Meduium Sized Spitz
Age: 3 years
Civilian state: single
Svetlana

A.Gility: Svetlana, you've got many admirers, you can believe me. Our visitors have observed your successful achievements for several years. You are Champion of Russia and you have shown successful and stable performance at the World Championships as well. You win almost every competition. Could you tell me, which victories are the most important for you?
S.Tumanova: All of them. The level of a competition doesn't matter to me.
A.Gility: Do you remember your first victory?
S.Tumanova: Yes, very well. It was... >>> Continue >>>

High School of Bureaucracy

FCI and Dissidents

Two Documents


Here you can find two documents concerning FCI policy for alternative dog sports organizations (IFCS in the case). The first one is an official request from RKF (Russian Cinological Federation, the member of FCI)) to FCI about IFCS Agility World Championship >>> Continue >>>

A.Gility, 2 June 2002



Alternative

A. Gility interviews Yuri Ostashenko,
President of IFCS

 

 Yuri Ostashenko
Age: 37 years old
Cynological experience: 23 years in total, including: common dog owner - 2 years, sports handler - 2 years, military service (K9) - 2 years, dog trainer - 3 years, organiser of cynological events - 14 years
Position: President of the IFCS (International Federation of Cynological Sport), Vice President of the Russian League of Cynologists (RLC)
Education: higher (State Cinematorgraphic Institute)
Director of a documentary "Dog's Life", (Centrnauchfilm, 1990)
Received a medal "The 850th Anniversary of Moscow" for the contribution into the development of physical training and sports
Civilian stage: divorced, two daughters aged 13 and five years old
President of IFCS

A. Gility: Yuri, the first IFCS World Agility Championship has taken place in Moscow. My congratulations! Now it is a historical fact. It is always hard to start something new; you must spoil before you spin, as the proverb says. How would you evaluate the Championship in general?
Yu. Ostashenko: To my mind, the Championship was successful >>> Continue >>>


World Champions about themselves


World Mini Agility Champion Elena Klokova
answers A.Gility's questions

 

 Handler: Elena Klokova
Age: 25 years
Civilian state: married
Agility experience: 7 years
Dog: Diamond Crown Bidge
     Nigel's daughter
Breed: Dwarf Poodle
Age: 2 years
Civilian state: single
Elena and Bidge


A. Gility: Elena, I would like to congratulate you on behalf of all your fans! We were worrying for you, and now we are proud of you. And how does the World Champion feel herself?
E. Klokova: My oldest and dearest dream has come true, and that's great. This means that I have chosen the right way in Agility, and that my Bidge is a genius, and that she can get ahead of everyone! I am proud of Russia as well.
A. Gility: Did you believe in your success when you were going to Portugal? >>> Continue >>>




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