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St. Petersburg, Oct 8, Andrey Simonenko. The 2015 world champion Elizaveta Tuktamysheva admitted that she was glad that the domestic Russian competitions of this season would be held with serious prize money. Earlier, the Russian Figure Skating Federation (FFKKR) announced that for the victory at the Russian this season they will pay 500 thousand rubles, the victory in the Final of the series will be valued at 1 million rubles. Champions of Russia will receive 2.5 million rubles. «Of course, money is always good. Who will answer you differently? We were ready to perform without prize money, but for athletes it is important. Therefore, I will not lie to you, it's nice,» Tuktamysheva said journalists, answering the question whether prize money will help in the current situation. Russian figure skaters are currently suspended from performing in international tournaments.