"Davydov can't wait to see the Ukrainian peninsula liberated from Russia. He recently left Ukraine for the sake of his wife and daughter for an undisclosed safe country in Europe. He continues his popular videos without the background noise of sirens and hopes to resume his old day job in the near future."Note that the above quote -- with citation -- appeared this year in the Kyiv Post.In "A Top-10 of Pro-Ukraine YouTube Warriors to Guide You Through 2023," Kyiv Post, January 2, 2023.
Source: https://www.kyivpost.com/post/6341
"Another popular channel is Denys Davydov. He is a former airline pilot based in Kyiv, Ukraine, who lost his job in Ukraine once the war started. Now he focuses solely on the Ukraine war and has over 464,000 subscribers to his channel. Davydov is routinely posting 600K to 800K views per video that he posts now. That could be bringing in $1800 to $2,400 or more per video at a $3.00 RPM (revenue per mille) rate. His monthly YouTube earnings could be over $63,000. Even if it is half of that rate this YouTube star is making serious bank."What follows are links to many -- but not all -- the channels and web sources which are used for "earning" money for Davydov.In "YouTube Channels on the Ukraine War Are Making Bank," Newsbreak.com, 22 October 2022.
Source: https://original.newsbreak.com/@mark-hake-1587739/2795821285140-youtube-channels-on-the-ukraine-war-are-making-bank
Donate to Denys Davydov at DonatelloThen one finds online this very odd tidbit:Donate to Denys Davydov at Patreon
Donate to Denys Davydov because he broke his arm
Donate to Denys Davydov in Switzerland
Denys Davydov promotes atlasVPN in Russian
An oddity - Case No. 1:19-cv-2110What seems demonstrably certain is that "earnings" and "promotion" for an individual "content creator" is seen in the above. It is made all the more intriguing as one follows some less public interaction between "creators, " as the link below shows.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33133511
That adds up to $756,000 a year, and a certain poster is helping this draft dodging coward make that money. Shame.