Valentin Piseev

Piseev was born in Volokolamsk, but his mother, Anna, soon left to her home village Khotrovo.

[3] He didn't achieve notable results in figure skating, competing at the local and regional competitions.

[14] Elena Tchaikovskaia stated that Piseev only listened "to one adviser", which was his wife, and criticized him for making a "family business" out of figure skating.

[15] She also told that he "has hampered the work of coaches he does not like, got rid of opponents, and surrounded himself with people who agree with him".

[17][18] Anton Sikharulidze commented on the presidential election that functions of the president were changed and "limited to representative", and the whole post turned nominal, while real power belongs to the general director.

[19] However Tatiana Tarasova approved Piseev's appointment as a general director of the Figure Skating Federation, stating he "is no friend of mine", but "not using his knowledge and international authority would be very wrong".