She is a young, blond Russian tennis star. And she is not Anna Kurnikova. In fact, Yelena Dementieva, 19, seems the very antithesis of the publicity-seeking, endorsement-hoarding Kurnikova.
Impressionists have long been popular in Russia. But for a long time now, “top-level” impressions have been, well, less than challenging. It didn’t take a superior comic to parody the Southern accent and sing-song intonation of Mikhail Gorbachev, even less so the slurring baritone of Boris Yeltsin.
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