THE RUSSIAN FED IS ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING USEFUL, HAIL PLUSHENCHRIST
Meeting of the Executive Committee of the Federation of May 19, 2011
Regular meeting of the Executive Committee of Russian figure skating Federation was held on 19 May this year in the building of the Russian Olympic Committee....
The Executive Committee considered the appeal of Evgeni Plushenko regarding the lifting of sanctions from his participation in the competitions of the International Skating Union (ISU). Taking into account his commitment to continue clearly to follow the rules of the ISU and the Russian figure skating federation, as well and his aspiration to achieve the main goal of his sporting life - successfully perform at the 2014 Olympics, Executive Committee of the Federation decided to apply the International Skating Union (ISU) to lift these sanctions.
Source: http://fsrussia.ru/news/172_o-r-pc-19-ya-2011-/
The Olympic champion will return to the sport - Evgeni Plushenko begins his fourth Olympic season
... I'd add that at the World Championships in Moscow, President of hte ISU Italian Ottavio Cinquanta said that in the case of receipt of all necessary documents, decision about Plushenko may be taken at the Council of this organization already in the summer. According to Cinquanta, the Russians will not be disappointed with this decision...
... Undoubtedly, the outstanding athlete will strengthen the national team... Evgeni Plushenko will start his fourth (!) Olympic cycle. Hopefully, everything will go well.
Source: http://www.rg.ru/2011/05/20/plusenko-poln.html
Both translated here at Plushenko's official forums: http://evgeni-plushenko.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=6&start=950#p53291
SO THE RUSSIAN FED IS ~*FINALLY*~ TAKING PLUSHY'S APPEALS TO THE ISU, AND IT'S LOOKING VERY LIKELY HE'LL BE REINSTATED.
TBH it's kind of sad we have to celebrate the fact the Russian fed is actually doing something useful for the first time, but oh well it's major improvement on Plushy's side. Hail Plushenchrist~