MOSCOW, January 14, Anatoly Samokhvalov. Russia hasn't had such a virtuoso for a long time the representative of men's figure skating, as Mark Kondratyuk, said the honored coach of Russia Elena Buyanova. On Friday, Kondratyuk won the European Championship. In December, the skater, who trains at the CSKA club with Svetlana Sokolovskaya, became the champion of Russia. «I congratulate our Mark and Svetlana Sokolovskaya! By winning the Russian championship, he proved that he is the leader of our men's team. We have not had such an emotional and virtuoso single skater for a long time. Bravo, Mark!» — said Buyanova. «It's a holiday in all of CSKA,» she noted. «It's very nice that Mark won in such a high competition. Because the European Championships are usually boring, and this time in Tallinn there was real rivalry. Therefore, Mark is doubly well done «.