MOSCOW, Jan 15 Russian ice dance figure skater Ivan Bukin in a duet with Alexandra Stepanova, he said that he had become a father. The athlete and Alena Samarskaya, who is the choreographer of the group Irina Zhuk and Alexander Svinin, had a son on January 3. «I am very happy. Alena Samarskaya and I had a boy — a hero, more than 4 kg. We named him Artem,» the website of the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) quotes the skater. On Saturday, Stepanova and Bukin won silver at the European Championships, which takes place in Tallinn.
