Watch Russian TV React Live To The End Of Evgeni Plushenko's Career

Evgeni Plushenko is the closest thing Russia has to royalty anymore, and the celebrated Olympic figure skater's withdrawal today is a shock to the Winter Games host nation. Here's the live coverage from Россия-1, with commentators slowly realizing Plushenko's Olympic career was ending before their eyes, and reporting it to viewers in the most depressing, Russian way ever.

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