This is Alexander Melnikov (1985). He is one of the two Russians in the tribe. He has been living in Amsterdam since 2015 and his Dutch is fluent. His CV is filled with impressive full-stack software development skills and innovative projects, for instance at ING and Carepay International. Besides normal things all Russians like (such as Matryoshkas, freezing cold and polar bears), he also likes to travel, read and cycle. Sometimes he even reads while cycling during a trip.
What you don’t expect from this guy, is that he had his own poems published when he was only 18 years old! He was named a ‘young talent’.