How old is he now? I remember when he was a lonely scared 14 yo Russian immigrant lost in the uncaring snows of Finland (or was it Canada? Or Norway? My memory is not how it was back in those days any more). I once made him a painting as a present, to cheer him up. Well, it was originally his painting, to be honest, of his spiritual animal, an angsty two-tailed fox sitting in a corner; I professionally photoshopped in an ushanka and a balalaika, to make it more, you know.