Vasily Strelnikov

Vasily Borisovic Strelnikov (Russian: 'Василий Боpисович Стрельников') is a Russian-American New York City-born VJ and DJ most commonly known to the Boomerang Generation as the voice behind MTV Russia from 1998 to 2002.

Strelnikov's popularity was at its peak when he hosted the morning show Weekend's Whim (Викендный Каприз).

His father, Boris Strelnikov, was a prominent Soviet-era journalist, who worked for many years as Pravda's correspondent in the United States.

He was best known as the host of the Listeners’ Request Club, one of Radio Moscow's most popular programmes which, due to its informal presentation, contrasted with most other shows on the station.

The ten or twelve of his most formative years spent in the US explains his near lack of foreign accent and understanding of American culture.