For someone who retired after "Nord Ost" he sure did show up to a lot of concerts (like at the club B-2), toured with his old band for a reunion tour, and was on television talk shows often....
Last May I saw posters for 'BoG' in Kyiv. He wasn't my cup of tea, and the 200 griven ticket price ($40!) wasn't in my budget, either. Heck, I saw Grazhdanskaya Oborona for about a buck in Donetsk the year before.