From an interview with Alina Gornosko: - Which of the girls do you talk to? - With Masha Talalaikina and Maya Khromykh. Maya and I met at a competition in Dubai, and she wrote to me, and I was very surprised. She thanked me, encouraged me, and congratulated me. She said that it was I who hooked her, it was insanely pleasant. We've been communicating ever since.