Johnny Returns to His Beloved Russia

Johnny chats with fans after arriving at Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, Russia, on Monday. Exclusive photo © Elena Vasileva. Gorgeous peonies—his favorite and a rare find in Moscow in December!—also from Elena. More exclusives below!

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Johnny is back in beautiful Mother Russia this week to reprise his role as Kai in Evgeni Plushenko’s Snow King - 2, the follow-up to last year’s wildly successful Snow King.

The Essence of Poetry

Johnny on the ice during warmup

in his Bosco "Russia" vest, of course.

 I love that when the GP announcements came out 

this past Monday, Johnny texted Phil Hersh 

of the Chicago Tribune: "Can't wait to be 

back in the game, and it all starts in Mother Russia."

Photo © David Ingogly. 

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or click here for the amazingly detailed full-size image.

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So I was dithering over whether to post today, since it's a holiday weekend in the US and I wasn't sure if there'd be much readership with Memorial Day coming up, so I asked on Twitter if anybody would be around to enjoy some picspam. And my favorite among the "YES!!" replies I received was this from Jenn Kittler: "Monday's the holiday weekend. Tomorrow's just another day in need of Johnny pics. ... Tbh every day's just another day in need of Johnny pics."

ITA. So here you go.