Ngaphandle kwe-epiphhany yomeleleyo e-Epiphhany, iinkwenkwezi ezininzi zaseRussia azizange zisothuke ngamanzi omkhenkce kwaye zingene emngxunyeni. I-Nikolali Ixabiso le-Nikolai, i-Anastasia Volochkova, iKisssyn yaseRoma no-Alina Zagitova babephakathi kwamanqaku anesibindi. Abanye bakhetha umngxunya wokwenene, umntu wabonisa ukuqina namandla omyolelo kwifonti ye-ice, kwaye umntu wayenephuli engaphandle. UChristina Arbakaite akazange anyhafi. Ukuqubha kwemvumi kwakungekafiki ngokwesiko. Inyani yile yokuba intombi ka-Alla pugacheva kunye nentsapho yakhe ihlala eUnited States kwaye inokuqhutywa echibini.
I-Orbakaite yabhala ividiyo yababhalisi bayo, apho i-slulaises kunye ne-bikini ye-bipury ye-themorate ivuyiwe kwaye inqwenelela okuhle. "Amanzi aNgcwele akekho kuphela emngxunyeni," i-orbakaite ityikitye impapasho.
Abalandeli bahlulwe baba ziinkampu ezimbini. Umntu, kunye noChristina, ukholelwa ukuba ubhaptizo ngamanzi angcwele kuyo yonke indawo, kwaye umntu othile wamema inkwenkwezi kwiqabaka yaseRussia, kuba "ichibi aliqwalaselwanga." Abalandeli bavuyisana ne-Orbak kunye nosapho lwayo ngeholide kwaye banqwenela impilo-ntle. Omnye wababhalisi abakwazi ukushiya ukuncoma kwi-ristina ngqo kaChristina. "Uyiphatha njani?" -Uye wabuza. Inkwenkwezi ayizange ichaze imfihlo yokuvumelana kwakhe, kodwa abanye ababhalisileyo bacebisa ukuba angambulela utata ochanekileyo kunye nokukhula okuphakathi.