1:07 about Dasha's childhood: she said there was nothing in her childhood that might be considered LGBT propaganda, except probably for the t.A.T.u. music band, still she was attracted only to the girls. She does not believe that some sort of content may change one's sexual orientation, anyway. One of the reasons why she decided to make her coming-out public, because she imagined herserf as a 13-14 years old, feeling attraction to other girls and how it could maybe help that girl to spend less time to realize and embrace the truth about themselves and not be afraid to become themselves, because of Daria's own experience.
8:00 about whether the day for her coming-out was chosen on purpose: it was a coincidence, they actually thought that the interview would be published a few days before, but something didn't work. Dasha felt relieved after this interview because finally she didn't need to worry about if her and Natasha are going to some places are too provocative, if those published photos are too revealing for their relationship.
8:54 was Natasha supportive of that decision: Natasha was supporting Dasha's decision, she herself has spent 10 years preparing herself for coming out, she said, eventually it was easier with Dasha, probably because she finally met her person, so she was not afraid after all that time.
9:36 how they met: Natasha did write to Dasha, congratulated her, Dasha responded, so they kept communicating that way, in the autumn Dasha arrived to Moscow, to see Natasha in the tournament. That was the moment. From then they knew they belong to each other. Dasha and Natasha both felt something towards each other, no matter if there's a law against them or not.
10:50 - How people reacted on the interview, where Daria came out: Yevgeny Kafelnikov thinks that Tartakova edited the interview and she set the girls up. Daria argued telling nothing was additionally edited in the interview, only Viktor and his team was editing the interview, Daria said that there were no questions that she was not prepared for. Daria just laughed when she heard Alexander Tikhonov's opinion. Biysultan Khamzayev said that Dasha's interview is a propaganda and she is going to commercialize it in the future, in order to get a citizenship. "That's the Judas lot" ("иудово племя"). Dasha's reaction: okay, so I can now open a direct message of any immigration agency and write here "hey, I fancy girls, give me a passport... pleeeease".
12:59 is Dasha afraid to return to Russia: Dasha is not afraid to return to Russia, though she is genually upset that Duma members consider someone saying truth about their personality as propaganda. She thinks she did nothing wrong, she just told the truth about herself.
13:49 about Zemfira's call and their friendship: Zemfira called her after Dasha's confession, she supported Dasha's decision. It was not the first time she called. Zemfira often visited Dasha's games, sitting, where relatives are sitting, together with Renata Litvinova. Their (Dasha and Zemfira's) friendship started through Anastasya Pavluchenkova, Zemfira asked her for Dasha's phone number to discuss Australian Open(?), where Medvedev was playing with Nadal and Zemfira was mostly the one talking during that call, asking different questions and replying herself. Zemfira had invited Dasha to her concert. Dasha had missed that opportunity and she is guessing that it will probably never happen in Moscow in the future, maybe in another country. Dasha wants to go to Zemfira's concert, especially with Zemfira older songs. Those are Dasha's favorite ones: "Прогулка", "Главное", "Прости меня, моя любовь", "Мачо" (Dasha has a strong association with Saint Petersburg when hearing this song, probably it is because Dasha was listening to this song when she first had arrived to St.Petersburg for tournament), "Мы разбиваемся", "Жди меня", "Жить в твоей голове".
20:20 peer pressure and wake-up calls: Dasha said that she felt wake-up calls about her orientation a long time ago (no specifics). But only recently she decided that there' only one life, and you need to live it like you want, no hidding, no pretending to be someone else, Natasha helped her with that, with Natasha Dasha finally felt to be ready for this change.
22:18 Dasha parent's reaction: Dasha's parents learned the truth about Dasha 2 years ago and was very supportive about it, her brother knew about it for the longer period of time, because they are brother and sister, after all. He was very supportive too. Dasha realise how lucky she is that the closest people in her life didn't reject her as it usually happens with LGBT members in Russia.
23:39 About LGBT community in Spain: He said very general things, nothing specific, he said that in time he just gotten used to it after many years on the road. Dasha's brother said he is not afraid of homophobia towards their parents, because they still live in Tolyatti.
25:56 Natasha about her own situation: Natasha's situation is more complicated, she didn't plan to tell anything to her mother, and once she did, her mother was not supportive at all, both her parents are more conservative. Natasha aknowledged the truth about her orientation 10-11 years ago. But she was trying to trick herself into believing that its just some stupid thoughts, and she is normal, she just never met a right person. She was struggling with these attempts a lot. She felt like she was trapped in the dark room with no doors, no windows, where the only thing to do is to jump on the walls. Note: Okay, it is maybe not so important but I found it cute, there's a moment where the three of them are drinking coffee in the kitchen and there's some beeping and Dasha suddenly jumps. Turns out, Dasha does not cook, Natasha do sometimes, Dasha's brother loves to cook and Dasha loves to eat :D
28:32 Natasha about her past engagement: According to Natasha, her ex-fiancee was asking her to put all her energy and her finances into his success, like her time is gone now, it is time for him to shine, so he was living on her finances all the time they were in relationship. She wanted to participate in some skating related shows and he didn't want that to happen.
32:01 About Ukraine and February, 24: Dasha has a lot of friends who either was born/lives in Ukraine or/and have relatives here, she was shocked when she learned the first news, she hoped it would end very fast, and she was terrified by how the events went on after these first news. She thinks that day was the worst since many years before. She is appalled by how Russian people in their Stories, etc are publishing some happy times, she considers them finished people.
34:34 If people need to speak up about "special operation": Dasha is not blaiming people who are silent about the events, she understands that those people in Russia have reasons for that silence. She thinks that everyone deserves their right either to tell what they think or not.
36:48 - About the playing under neutral colors: It was humilating, Dasha didn't like how it was organized, some bag-shaped costumes of the same size for all of them, with their country colors taped, so they would be hidden, while other costumes were all colourful and of many variations.
39:08 Collective responsibility: Dasha thinks that national teams ban is the correct decision because those teams are connected with the government and are run by the state, but she can not tell the same about sportsmen individuals, like her. She partially accepts that decision, but not completely. She said her country took away her dream, she does not think she could ever play under Russian flag anymore. And that was her dream. She learned Russian anthem when she went to school with a dream. There's a one type of tounrment called Roland Garros, where when the sportsman wons their country's flag would be hoisted and their country's anthem would be playing. That what she was dreaming about. It will never happen.
41:56 About "Eсть тема" TV-show issue: After Dasha's interview a very humilating episode of the "Есть тема" TV-show was aired. Sofia Tartakova strongly advised Dasha not to watch it and announced very harsh comments on this show after what she was removed from another show, where she was a host airing on the same channel. Dasha thinks that after that issue tennisists would stop visiting this show at all, because in the past it was only because they had good relations with Sofia.
46:14 Dasha is calling to Sofia: Sofia had no doubt in Daria, she completely supports Daria's decision. Sofia also noticed that one of the comments on Daria's interview was from Adidas, while many Russian sportsmen were losing their international contracts, it was their official support of Dasha.
48:13 About Adidas decision: after Dasha's official coming out Adidas decided to bring back some very important commercials with Dasha which were recorded prior the "special operation" and Adidas at first decided not to use it as it was done for other Russian sportsmen, but after the interview they changed their mind for Dasha's piece.
52:08 About politics and sport in Russia: Dasha is very sorry for Kamilla Valieva who was supposed to have a potential for many medals. Dasha thinks that she was lucky to keep playing, and Kamilla has suffered most because of the government recent decisions.
54:03 About religion: Love will save the world: Dasha still believe in these words, according to her and Natasha, love still have potential, even though with each year it is harder to believe in this.
56:30 Her first big money: It was the third round(?) of the US Open. Dasha got upset that she had to pay 30% tax.Before the tax it was 100k-130k. Dasha has saved the money, left after taxes and she is still very careful with money. She only spends money for the people who she loves, she bought a new car for her mom a few years ago. She also once bought Chanel bag and then decided it is not her cup of tea. She was mostly happy she could afford such things. She also bought a flat for herself in Dubai. In 2018 year, which was the most successful for Dasha, she spent 600k for her team, her brother's salary, all required logistics, etc. About 100 people are really getting money for tennis in our country.
1:01:07 - How Andrey became a trainer: Andrey became a trainer after graduating as a lawyer, they were running some healthcare study group aside from his normal working schedule, plus, he was helping Dasha with all her logistic activities and training routine. So at some point he decided that it is time to become a professional trainer for his sister.
1:02:30 - About Tolyatti: this city lacks of sunlight and one of the worst parts of being a tennis player from Russia, because of the bad climate you always training inside while almost all tournaments are taking place outside, Russian sportsmen suffer from this difference a lot, as for Tolyatti or any other city aside from Moscow and St.Petersburg, the logistics are always painful, you always need to spend at least a day in transfer flights, through Moscow.
1:04:45 - How the country supports young sportsmen, what does it cost to raise a sportmen: If you started your training from 7 years, you will need someone to help and guide you before any government support would be there. Dasha told that her parents had to sell their house so she could keep going. According to Dasha, you need to spend at least 50k so your 15 years old child could visit all important tournaments and traninings. It is very expensive to go from Russia anywhere to Europe. In 2018 before Dasha got her first big money, her parents confessed they have almost nothing, her brother was going to sell his own flat for Dasha's carier.
1:14:18 - About Russian Tennis Federation: Dasha said that it was 10 on 90% between how much financial support she got from the federation in comparison to how much her parents has paid. Dasha thinks that Federation must become younger.
1:18:20 - Why Dasha almost stopped playing: When she was playing in 2019(?) with very bad results her ex-trainer said the words that almost destroyed her, he said that he couldn't pull her mentally anymore, so maybe she should try something else. If the Devil made an offer to Dasha, whether to have a few years of absolute success in tennis, to become a legend, or to spend her whole life with Natasha happily with nothing great in tennis, Dasha would have picked the second option, she does not want to end as Maradona.
1:28:14 Natasha is giving advice for LGBT people in Russia: She has adviced to be open about your nature, those people who really love you, they will understand, and you will feel better after that.
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