Extreme Seclusion and Identity Verification Risk (medium) The subject maintains an extremely secretive lifestyle (ведёт крайне скрытный образ жизни), rarely gives interviews, and does not appear in public. This behavior has led to rumors that he may not exist or that multiple authors work under his name. A concrete incident demonstrating this secrecy occurred in September 2021, when actor Yuri Borisov conducted a fake autograph session in Moscow while wearing plastic makeup to impersonate Pelevin, which was later revealed to be a promotional stunt.