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Cover scan added:
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Edit to add: A translation was added here:
http://www.tatu.us/forum/viewtopic.php?p=466658#466658
The original Russian interview was posted here:
http://www.mk.ru/numbers/1809/article60757.htm
Thanks to Yves for pointing this interview out to me!  
Thanks to XxBoytATuxX for posting the first photo (above) on the tatu.fatal.ru forum.
Edit to add: Thank you to haku for the translation, and thanks to RowerB for posting it here.
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They both look amazing! Julia lost all her baby weight, I'm impressed!
I'm suprised they don't get swamped in Russia with fans when they walk in public oO
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| Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:46 pm |
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| t.A.T.u97 wrote: |
| I'm suprised they don't get swamped in Russia with fans when they walk in public oO |
Yulia's new look is probably bewildering
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| Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:50 pm |
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Very interesting and long article. Thank you so much. I'd love to purchase this magazine. The photos of the girls are so lovely. I really am beginning to like Yulia's hair, she looks terrific there.
Some points so far about the article is that Lena says that her solo album was false, and that they will not be doing playboy. Lena's illness sounds like it was quite serious. (Well of course, a stone in the gall bladder is not safe! Haha.) The new album is more dark and depressing. They speak of old and new loves. And of course children. Nice article.
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| Thu Sep 08, 2005 6:59 pm |
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| Kristya wrote: |
| Some points so far about the article is that Lena says that her solo album was false, and that they will not be doing playboy. Lena's illness sounds like it was quite serious. (Well of course, a stone in the gall bladder is not safe! Haha.) The new album is more dark and depressing. They speak of old and new loves. And of course children. Nice article. |
They also speak about their close friendship. Very very nice. :)
I saw the magazine on eBay.com by the way. Maybe it's still available?!
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| Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:05 pm |
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| xena225 wrote: |
| Kristya wrote: |
| Some points so far about the article is that Lena says that her solo album was false, and that they will not be doing playboy. Lena's illness sounds like it was quite serious. (Well of course, a stone in the gall bladder is not safe! Haha.) The new album is more dark and depressing. They speak of old and new loves. And of course children. Nice article. |
They also speak about their close friendship. Very very nice. :)
I saw the magazine on eBay.com by the way. Maybe it's still available?!
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Yes! I like how they want to live in a big house together.  So cute.
Oh and I just bought it off of ebay. Thank you so much!
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| Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:08 pm |
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I love the cover pic to the magazine. It's SO cute! They look really close to one another, not just in a physical sense either. lol
Thanks for the pics, Xena.
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| Thu Sep 08, 2005 7:18 pm |
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They still have a contract with their company for couple more albums.
it says in there, I think, soooo cool!
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| Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:06 pm |
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I'm kinda glad they aren't doing playboy, but its an American magazine which means american coverage.
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| Thu Sep 08, 2005 11:11 pm |
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It's kind of sad to read about how much Yulia and her baby spend time together.
She mentions how she only breast fed the kid for about 1 and a half months, and left the rest to the "nurses."
I love Yulia and Lena, and I love Tatu, but I honestly think she should take more time out to spend with her daughter.
They jokingly plan to live together: "with the husbands in one room, and Lena and I in another."
Once again, Yulia mentions having a boyfriend in the US. So many articles contradicting the UK one, I don't know what to believe.
Nunzilla :half:
PS: Would definitely love to have a non-Russglish English translation of this article...*looks around*
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| Fri Sep 09, 2005 12:09 am |
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| chrysXtal wrote: |
They still have a contract with their company for couple more albums.
it says in there, I think, soooo cool! |
AHHH!! I was thinking about that for awhile but I could never figure out where to find that bit of information. The next question is when will the next album be recorded and released. Geez, i'm getting way ahead of myself! 
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| Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:16 am |
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thanks xena255 I love to get the magazine too.
beautiful photos of yulia and lena :)
yulias hair isn't that bad yulia looks beautiful still
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| Fri Sep 09, 2005 3:07 am |
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Quicky translation. Possible minor mistakes ...
The chances of the female duet reaching musical heights again were small.
Firstly the Tatu girls split with their producer Ivan Shapalov, then Yulia Volkova became a mum. Besides, over the years Lena and Yulia began to resemble lesbians (???????? - unsure of word) less and less, and their former image became irrelevant. In general, for Tatu a new image was required: songs, images, musical concept. At the same time there was no chance for the girls to recede. Under contract with their publishers they are obliged to lay down more albums. And here, after the tremendous success of their debut album 200 Po Vstrechnoi, Tatu publicise new songs. ??-??????? (Star Boulevard?) gives musical critics an oppurtunity to discuss and criticise, and talk to Lena and Yulia about the ways in which their lives are now conducted ...
From the moment of your performance on MUZ-TV in the summer, you've both changed. Both have become thin...
L - Nothing of the kind. Yulia is what she was, and as such still is. I, on the contrary, have gained 3 kilograms.
Yulia, your hair has been coloured blonde. Classy. Only, isn't your opinion that you like black best
Y - In general yes. But I'm not too bothered and have decided to change.
- But with Lena the hairstyle does not vary.
L - Yes. With my hair there are no such changes.
- Yes well, here in your new clip " All about us " You have your hair smoothly combed, stylish, and royally turned out.
L - Aha, there they straightened my hair and added shine. If I brush my hair in that way every day, in 5 years I shall have no hair left.
That article was way longer than I thought. I'll have a go at the rest later unless anyone wishes to save me time. |
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| Fri Sep 09, 2005 4:31 am |
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From worldlingo translator.
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I like that.
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| Victoria Pavlovn's Volkova |
It has probably been said before, but that is the first time I’ve seen confirmation of the name Vika Volkova.
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| I love Yulia and Lena, and I love Tatu, but I honestly think she should take more time out to spend with her daughter. |
I agree with that. It’s sad how she talks about Vika. It must really hurt her.
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| Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:06 am |
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Cool article
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| Fri Sep 09, 2005 1:41 pm |
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| pls coul someone translate the whole articule for the ones who obviosly dont speak any russian pls pls |
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| Fri Sep 09, 2005 7:41 pm |
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I read an online translation of this article on tatu fatal and Yulia said in there that Vika smiles and laughs more at the nurses than her. Guys that is really sad, Yulia really needs to spend some good quality time with her daughter. Hopefully they will get a well deserved extended break when they are done promoting and everything.
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| AnimeInu wrote: |
| I read an online translation of this article on tatu fatal and Yulia said in there that Vika smiles and laughs more at the nurses than her. Guys that is really sad, Yulia really needs to spend some good quality time with her daughter. Hopefully they will get a well deserved extended break when they are done promoting and everything. |
you don't know Yulia's personal life...
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| Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:14 pm |
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| OutLookingIn wrote: |
| AnimeInu wrote: |
| I read an online translation of this article on tatu fatal and Yulia said in there that Vika smiles and laughs more at the nurses than her. Guys that is really sad, Yulia really needs to spend some good quality time with her daughter. Hopefully they will get a well deserved extended break when they are done promoting and everything. |
you don't know Yulia's personal life... |
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| Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:45 pm |
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| Aww so is that really true that yulia's daughter smiles and laughes more at the nurses than her own mommy??? If that's true that's rather sad. I'm a huge fan of tatu, but i think she should take a break for a while and take care of her daughter cause in the end your own flesh and blood is more important than your career. |
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| Fri Sep 09, 2005 10:52 pm |
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The interview was translated by haku of tatysite.net.
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Twosome again
Tatu: "The boyfriend lives as the third one with us"
Chances of the girls’ duo to do a comeback were small. First Tatu-girls were busy "divorcing" their producer Ivan Shapovalov and then, Yulia Volkova became a mom. Besides, Yulia and Lena looked less and less as teenage lolitas with the time. Exploitation of the old image ran out of date. All in all, something else was required: songs, image, and a music concept. Yulia and Lena couldn’t withdraw either, as according to the contract with their label, they had to make several albums. Now, after a smashing success of their first album “200 km/h In A Wrong Lane”, they present new songs. “MK-Bulvar” leaves album reviews for music journalists and talks with Yulia and Lena about their lifestyle.
You've changed a lot since your performance at the Muz-?V awards this summer. You've both lost weight…
- Lena: Not at all. Yulia has stayed the same. And I, on the contrary, have even gained 3 kg.
You didn't look thin there.
- Yulia: It's just that the shooting was bad and the dresses were badly shortened. Even we were shocked when we saw ourselves on TV later.
Yulia, your hair has been dyed blonde. Classy! But i thought you preferred your hair to be black.
- Generally yes. But i've become tired of it and i have decided to change.
But Lena's hair doesn't change.
- Yes, with my kind of hair, other styles simply don't exist.
Well, in your new video "All About Us", your hair was straightened and had a sophisticated style.
- ?h?, there they straightened my hair and added highlights… If i styled my hair like that everyday, i would become bald in five years.
Yulia's look healthy in that video.
- Yes, i get beaten and dragged by my hair there.
All of this looks so real that it's hard to believe you didn't get any bruises.
- Yulia: In America they know how to remove them. I certainly didn't suffer. Only my hair. (laughs). It had to have it cut short.
Everything is new with you now: management, videos, album. It seems even your name was supposed to be changed to "Tema"?
- No, we were and remain the "Tatugirls".
But do the rights on the brand "Tatu" not belong to your ex-producer Ivan Shapovalov?
- It is his name, but ours too at the same time, as equal partners in the project. Nobody was opposed to us continuing to use the name. We have simply signed legal papers and all that.
What kind of relations have you kept with Ivan?
- Lena: Friendly. We've gone away from him quietly, without scandals. He's in the business like us. We called him from America when the album was being recorded. We can meet to have a cup of tea. Not very often in my case because i don't go out much, but Yulia sees him regularly.
When you left Shapovalov in 2004, the second album was not recorded, plus Yulia got pregnant. You didn't want to go on with show business?
- Yulia: No, on the contrary, we longed to do something.
- Lena: We simply decided to take a small break until Yulia had given birth, to gather forces… The material was prepared, recorded, and in my opinion it turned rather great.
How would you describe your new album?
- For us there are two, the Russian one and the English one. Globally they are less pop than "200km/h in the Wrong Lane", more serious, deep, and adult, more depressive. They contain more of us, our mood, our soul.
And why are you in a depressed mood?
- Just look at what is happening in the world.
You're having a hard time with the war in Iraq?
- Yes. All those political games… Here the Russian album is called "Invalid People", you know why? Because we are surrounded by many monsters: traitors, envious persons, those who can not love, feel pity, and are not capable of kind feelings. We live in such a world, and everybody is involved in this. But nobody tries to change anything.
And you try?
- We've made this album, maybe it will make people think.
While you were working on it in Los Angeles, it was said that you had time for other things. Lena, for example, has recorded a solo album.
- It's not true.
You posed naked for "Playboy"…
- It's not true either. Actually we had negotiations with American "Playboy", but we finally refused to do a photoshoot.
You did not agree on the conditions?
- No, we simply realized it was not suitable for us.
It was also said that Lena had a serious operation.
- Yes, but not that serious, and not in Los Angeles, but in Moscow.
Why? To be at the same place as the specialists is good, no?
- ?h?, probably. This doctor came and said: "you have gastritis, drink juices". But i was sure it was not gastritis. I had a big stone in my gall bladder. As long as it did not bother me, i didn't want to do anything about it. The year went on, and then i had an attack just on my way to Los Angeles, in the plane. You could not imagine anything "better". I almost died. I don't remember what happened, everything was yellow, something passed there… I was put back on the first flight back to Moscow where my mum met me at the airport and brought me to the clinic to see the doctors who had been following me for a long time. I was operated there.
Girls, while you were working in Los Angeles, you were sharing the same hotel room…
- So what? We always take one room. There were cases when we arrived somewhere for a performance and they gave us separate rooms. We made tantrums if they gave us different rooms!
But you are completely different. Working together, and then living together, it's easy to get on each other's nerves.
- We never argue. We can have bad days when we are angry at each other, but it doesn't last, and we get over it.
What about some small bickering?… Like if Yulia doesn't wash the dishes.
- What dishes in a hotel?
Or if Lena scatters things in the room.
- Lena: It's Yulia who scatters! (laughs). I'm the one who has to pick them up.
- Yulia: We've known each other for such a long time: we know each other's habits, what cosmetics we use, who scatters things, where each other's underwear is. We've gotten use to it and it doesn't annoy us, we support each other, we help each other to get rid of some bad habits.
And what have you already helped Lena to get rid of?
- I want her to stop smoking. I myself smoked for six years and then i stopped in one day, one month before getting pregnant. Not because i wanted to become pregnant, it's just a coincidence. In America when things got rough i started smoking again, a month and a half later i stopped again, and now i haven't smoked for three weeks.
Lena, have you tried to change something in Yulia?
- Yes. I want her to stop squandering! (laughs). Well it's the truth when someone goes shopping and buys herself jeans when she already has two cupboards full of clothes…
Which she then scatters everywhere.
- No. She simply doesn't wear them. She wears two pairs and has 250 more at home. Any of the lot would suffice, but new are always necessary.
- Yulia: Lenka always lectures me on that! It's good to spend money on crap! Why do you want these jeans? Will you wear them tomorrow? I say: I like them… But when Katina leaves to Moscow, i go shopping quickly, knowing that Lenka will then kill me.
Yulia, i know that you have developed a private relationship in America. Sorry, but wouldn't it be more logical to live with the young man instead of Lena.
- He lives with us in a threesome. (laughs). But seriously, i went there to work and had a lot to do. It was not the right time to move.
You probably won't tell us about your new love?
- Why? I understand that people are interested in the private life of artists. I will simply say: i have a boyfriend. He is a US citizen, he's been living there for many years, we've met over there. That's all. Why would you need to know his name and other details?
All right, tell us simply what you liked in him.
- Well, when I was younger - 15/16 - like for all young girls at this age, looks were very important to me. At school we are all looking for our prince. But now appearance is not at all important to me. What's important is that the person is honest so i feel comfortable with him. And beauty is far from being everything. What's the point of having a husband who admires himself in a mirror…
You wanted to tell about the sincere qualities of your loved one.
- I will tell this: i love him for who he is, and for what he is with me.
It was said that because of him you left the father of your daughter - Pasha. Is is true?
- The truth is that after living together for three years, i and Pasha have realized that we are different people. It happened when i already was pregnant. Nevertheless we made the decision to separate to not quarrel anymore, to not become enemies. Now we have a normal relationship. When i'm in Moscow, we meet frequently, the last time was the day before yesterday. Pasha also has a new love.
Forgive the personal question but what is the name of your daughter?
- Victoria Pavlovna Volkova.
Was she christened? Lena will be godmother, i think?
- She's not christened yet. I don't know… On the one hand, it is necessary, on the other hand, i'm christian, but i don't carry a cross and don't go to church.
When you decided to have the child, you understood the consequences of this act?
- I went on with it fully aware. Though i hadn't planned the pregnancy and taking a decision was difficult, i was not in a good psychological situation, and there was my career. But i told myself that the child was more important. I went on with it and gave birth, and i don't regret it one second. How could i regret something like that? Yes, if it wasn't for work, i probably would be pregnant again right now. I want more children! Four. That's five with Vika.
- Lena: You did well, Yulka. If i became pregnant, i would have the child too.
Lena, you said in interviews that you were dreaming of having children since you were 14. Now, seeing Yulia having one did not make you change your mind?
- No, why would that make me change my mind?
Well, labour is not especially pleasant.
- Yulia: ?y, for me being in labour was like a party. When i arrived to give birth, i calmed all the pregnant women who were shouting there. I said: girls, where are you now? You've reached the moment of happiness. So why are you shouting? And young women all in labour were also moaning.
Do you ask Lena to nurse your daughter?
- Yulia: You can't nurse Vika easily, she's independent. You can't take her in your hands if she doesn't like it, she can strike. She can recognize people well. She knows my parents, her nurses, she likes them more than me. Seriously, we were in America for six months, she's no longer used to me. Vica knows me and likes me too, but she plays more with her nurses and smiles more often to them.
Do you have any specific parental duties that only you do?
- No, the nurses do everything. And it's really sad. If i have the time, i bathe her and take her for a walk. But today for example i got up at 10am and will be home not before 9pm, so all i'll have left to do is say goodnight to my daughter and that's all.
Did you think of taking Vika with you to Los Angeles?
- Such a young child? She was only 3 months old when we left.
So you didn't feed her long.
- I fed her one month and a half. And then work.
Lena, there has been changes in your private life too. The young man Andrey is no longer with you. But there is now someone else whose name is unfortunately not known.
- Lena: And thank God! (laughs). Andrey is still there too actually, in the sense that we have not quarreled, and separated in consent. I'm in a new stage of my life. I won't give a name. I will say only that we got acquainted in Moscow, in a restaurant, during one of my last stays. [I don't get the last part]
You girls are together all the time. What will you do when you get married?
- Yulia: We'll all live together.
- Lena: Precisely. We will buy a nice apartment, enough rooms for ten people.
- Yulia: Our husbands will live in one room and I and Lenka in another. (laughs). Yeah, why not! It's true that we can't live without each other!
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| Fri Sep 09, 2005 11:48 pm |
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Thanks RowerB and haku!
I love their sense of humour, especially so about Yulia's penchant for jeans, reminds me about how she wanted jeans instead of those white pants for the celestial shooting. I think she might be addicted to them or something.
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Awww thank you very much Haku and Tatysite!
I loved this interview, I've always admired the girls' independance and free spirit, and I love how close they are. So close that they know where each other's undies are, apparently . I'm glad they're happy. They are so darn cute. >.<
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Sign her up for the marines, we'll have Bin Laden within the week.
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| Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:14 am |
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a really nice interview. seems that both are in good constitution.
the think with Yul and Vika it's kind of sad. I think it isn't easy to seperate from her but hell she has to work for her. We'll see if the relationship change in the future.
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| Sat Sep 10, 2005 8:36 am |
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Thanks for bringing this interview to the forum, xena225, XxBoytATuxX, haku, and RowerB. :thumbsup:
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| “MK-Bulvar” leaves album reviews for music journalists and talks with Yulia and Lena about their lifestyle. |
I think it is one of their more interesting interviews, but a bit of a pity that MK limited themselves mostly to 'lifestyle' questions, because the questions as they are are quite good. I also have the impression Yulia and Lena got along well with their interviewer. At least she seemed to be genuinely interested. So, because of these qualities of the interviewer and the openness to discuss topics that Yulia's and Lena showed I think there was an opportunity of getting something more from this interview. Something more in the sense of touching subjects like meanings to their music and visions, which hasn't been fulfilled because of MK's self-exercised restraint to 'lifestyle'. |
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