In an interview, Batsman and Chichvarkin discussed:
- the richest man in the aggressor country of Russia;
- the situation surrounding the blocking of the Telegram messenger by the Russian authorities and what can await its founder Pavel Durov;
- the death of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny;
- under what circumstances can the illegitimate Russian President Vladimir Putin declare mobilization;
- wars between Pakistan and the Taliban, as well as between Israel and Iran;
- the dying conversations of the Russian businessman Boris Berezovsky, who died in 2013, in particular about Putin.
Chichvarkin was born in 1974 in Leningrad (now St. Petersburg). In 1996 he graduated from the State Academy of Management in Moscow (now the State University of Management). While still studying, he went into business.
In 1997, together with a friend, he created the Euroset company, which over time became the largest Russian cellular retailer. In 2008, Russian security forces raided the company's central office while investigating the kidnapping of a former Euroset freight forwarder, whom the company's security service had accused of stealing phones. In the same year, Chichvarkin and his partner sold Euroset. The businessman flew to the UK, where he still lives. In the Russian Federation, a criminal case was opened against Chichvarkin. In 2009, Russia put the businessman on the international wanted list. The case against him was closed in 2011.
In September 2025, a court in Moscow arrested Chichvarkin in absentia on suspicion of spreading so-called fakes about the Russian army and evading the duties of a “foreign agent,” it reported “Radio Liberty”.
In the UK, Chichvarkin is engaged in business; he has a wine store, Hedonism Wines, in London.
