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He joined a Russian company... Odd
Don’t fuck with that at all given the state of the world. What do they pay him in? Beets? Isn’t Russian money worthless.
Pretty sure Tolya moved to Paris. And in the last video RASSVET denounced the war, which is a ballsy move considering the extreme repression in Russia.
And, while there are some serious kooks in the Russian skate scene for sure (I can think of one dude who is making the rounds on state media and doing good Orthodox Christian appearances, despite having a history of well known scandals), many of the dudes who fled Russia when the war began and many of those who are stuck in Russia taking care of relatives or whatever are beyond amazing people.
Most of the Russian skate scene is very different from the Russian gov. Hell, around 2013, Moscow had one of the best scenes in the world, because of all the dudes who were a part of Absurd and Nasvay/Dura. Today, Tolya has done a great job and, in my opinion, has made an absolutely amazing brand. Not to mention Gosha Konyshev (Tolya's former teammate on Absurd who did the Zima video a few years back not the designer Gosha Rub-whatever who had photos/texts with the underage boys) recently released an amazing video part that took years to make out in the middle of nowhere.