Your StasyQ aside is kinda fascinating. Reminds me of a completely unrelated after-effect of Putin's invasion on "the arts."
An incredible CHICAGO tribute band -- "Leonid & Friends" -- was created by a Russian music professor to record masterpiece note-by-note renditions of his favorite American jazz-infused blues rock supergroup's classic tracks. There have been countless Chicago tribute bands in the US for DECADES -- most, if not all of them, terrible/unlistenable. THIS band is so good, if you closed your eyes, you might not notice their YouTube vids weren't original Chicago album tracks. And, but for a few very small blips here and there, even in their earliest tracks, you mostly couldn't tell that Leonid's "friends" barely speak a word of English off camera.
The initial 2019 lineup consisted of 10-12 of Leonid's music students in Moscow AND Kiev. Their pre-Covid in-studio YouTube recordings were perfectly-synced edits (via Zoom or similar tech) showing all the musicians in both cities at once, so even Covid didn't slow their roll in 2020. The original lineup put out tons of amazing music videos this way. The humble tribute band's YouTube channel became SO popular that they began touring the US and the world. I met them in person during Dec 2019 live show in the US.
Then, Putin's war. Soon after, the Kiev-based founding band members stopped appearing in new videos and were quietly replaced prior to the band's 2nd or 3rd US tour. Not because their bandmates don't still love them, but presumably because they could no longer maintain high-bandwidth Zoom connections to Moscow, or freely travel to join the band on tours. Leonid has a seemingly endless supply of amazing musicians under his wing, so the the music hasn't suffered too much from the personnel changes, but it totally sucks for the founding members from Kiev. Shitty outcome for them -- if they're even still alive. Haven't had time to reach out and inquire about their health and well-being or whereabouts.
Lastly, no outward signs of mafia involvement. Then again, as the band has had a legitimate global audience dating back to 2020, it wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that they had an early visit from a well-dressed "agent" who has been "helping to take care of their finances" ever since.
An incredible CHICAGO tribute band -- "Leonid & Friends" -- was created by a Russian music professor to record masterpiece note-by-note renditions of his favorite American jazz-infused blues rock supergroup's classic tracks. There have been countless Chicago tribute bands in the US for DECADES -- most, if not all of them, terrible/unlistenable. THIS band is so good, if you closed your eyes, you might not notice their YouTube vids weren't original Chicago album tracks. And, but for a few very small blips here and there, even in their earliest tracks, you mostly couldn't tell that Leonid's "friends" barely speak a word of English off camera.
The initial 2019 lineup consisted of 10-12 of Leonid's music students in Moscow AND Kiev. Their pre-Covid in-studio YouTube recordings were perfectly-synced edits (via Zoom or similar tech) showing all the musicians in both cities at once, so even Covid didn't slow their roll in 2020. The original lineup put out tons of amazing music videos this way. The humble tribute band's YouTube channel became SO popular that they began touring the US and the world. I met them in person during Dec 2019 live show in the US.
Then, Putin's war. Soon after, the Kiev-based founding band members stopped appearing in new videos and were quietly replaced prior to the band's 2nd or 3rd US tour. Not because their bandmates don't still love them, but presumably because they could no longer maintain high-bandwidth Zoom connections to Moscow, or freely travel to join the band on tours. Leonid has a seemingly endless supply of amazing musicians under his wing, so the the music hasn't suffered too much from the personnel changes, but it totally sucks for the founding members from Kiev. Shitty outcome for them -- if they're even still alive. Haven't had time to reach out and inquire about their health and well-being or whereabouts.
Lastly, no outward signs of mafia involvement. Then again, as the band has had a legitimate global audience dating back to 2020, it wouldn't surprise me at all to learn that they had an early visit from a well-dressed "agent" who has been "helping to take care of their finances" ever since.
Above-the-table modelling is just not worthy the money for the mafia to get involved - if a model also works as an escort girl (which is probably not that rare) and contacts the wrong people it's all on her. Maybe Murbo has had a regular quarrel with some of his models because this business is touchy by itself. Maybe he's had posted something the model, or her BF , or her sugar daddy didn't like. Or maybe they've just squabbled because of money.
But. That all being said, I do remember a weird episode from last year when Oladushek went to Panama for a month or even more and told on her SNs that she has been invited there by a fan(?) of hers who asked her to do some craft. As you can imagine, no photos of said craft ever appeared.