Yuri was fortunately enough to become a casino owner in Moscow, Russia as of March 28, 1994; effectively becoming one of the Russian oligarchs who financially dominated Russia during the 1990s. However, he would lose everything to a divorce; forcing himself to be shipped via a cargo crate to America. Ben Templeton has a strong interest in the former Soviet Union and has made a novel about the country called "The Last Decathlon"; which is a thriller novel that takes place in the 1980s.