The Sopranos - Slava the Russian 

Real hard-head this Serb. And the Ego. I'll tell you though, when I watched his first upload; how good the editing was, I was proud enough to subscribe to his channel.

Big man, come have soft-drink of choice.

The look on Christopher's face when Paulie lied about being sucker punched.

The "I wish they did more with his character" jokes aside, I do wish they had featured Slava and the Russian mob more. Very interesting potential there.

Slava was one of the only honest people Tony ever dealt with, and of course Tony fucks it up. Or his crew did

He was like a brother to me. Closer than a brother. He was like a brother in law.

Btw, Slava (i mean, actor) is obviously not a russian native speaker, but his accountant's russian is perfect

The fact that the people working on this show get the uniform right for the time period of the Russian Federation in Chechnya at 5:54 (VSR camouflage) shows me they were really devoted to making some aspects as authentic to life as possible

I heard borko used to be an interior decorator

paulie was so incompetent he almost started a war with the russian mob

Slava actually cared for his men. Tony whacked Chris, Ralph, Tony B., came close to whacking Paulie, and would've given up Vito to Phil had Phil not gotten to him first.

"Don't say another thing about this, I'll find him, I'll kick shit out of him." That made me laugh hard, Slava didn't fuck around

Slav was a nice guy to do Tony’s laundry for him.

Slava: what happened to valery? It petered out the guuuuy, he moved or summmthin

“You tell what it is, I tell you if I can help.” Straight to the point, love the directness of Slava.

I like how Slava laughs off Tony's suggestion to send him to AA, like it's not even worth a thought.

“You’re very emotional” “You must have been the top of your fucking class”

He thinks Slava is dead because he uses the word “was”. He also suspects Tony in the killing because he asks about Silvio’s money. He knows that something went wrong. He suspects the money was not given and they killed him for the debt. He is trying to figure out if it is an individual issue or a greater issue, maybe an indirect warning. Given that he mourns in front of Tony it means that he suspects it was an individual issue and not one against the group. Therefore, to avoid more of his men dying he lets it go. The price of living the life.

I love the way Tony checking for ambushes as he entered the room.

Thank you Borko, Christmas came for me mid February this year.

Closer than brother. I loved him him like a brother-in-law

Borko! Big man! Come have drink!

The vodka.. you know it makes you emotional

Obviously valery never had the makings of a varsity interior decorator..

Valery = Christopher Slava = Tony. They were like brothers but the alcohol and the drugs ruined one of them.

“Is there any way the upload could survive?” - HBO.

0:02 Ah, the voice actor of Ray Bulgarin. Rockstar Games biggest obsession is The Sopranos series & actors implemented in GTA franchise with hiring them and doing references in their games.

As I type this, 2 Czechoslovakians have already disliked this video. And if Tony Soprano gives you RESPECT? Well then, Slava ALWAYS had the makings of a Varsity Crime Boss.

its really cool how they use real russian military camo in that picture. they didnt have to do it, but did it.

he killed 16 interior decorators. His house was Philly leotardo.

I just noticed the gun on Slava’s desk pointing in Tony’s general direction. It shows Slava’s capability for violence. But the fact that’s it’s posted slightly away from Tony indicates that while Slava is capable of violence, he prefers to avoid it. And the elegant design of the weapon portrays Slava’s class. These writers were absolute genius.

Paulie getting a manicure. Brilliant 😂

So Tony brings the Russian between 250k and 200k every week. And nobody knew about it. So yeah. Even Hesh wasn't right when he said that Tony's networth was 6mil... 250k a week just for a year is like 12mil a year... Tony got money. He just was ver cheap with spending it. Even hidden it from Carmela.

In chechnya, he shined my shoes... I would shine anything for him

I’ve always wondered how nothing ever came of this eventually. There were two possible outcomes: Valery survives and comes back to tell what happened or never returns. If he doesn’t return, I imagined Slava would’ve figured out who was behind his disappearance - the mobsters coming to pick up the money and then he would’ve retaliated or confronted Tony. And they never showed Tony going back to him for more transactions. Could’ve been better resolved.

The look Chris gives Paulie when he says he was sucker-punched at 3:25 gets me every time.

One day Borko will go to copyright school in Serbia. Maybe.

Russians are literally the coolest and most laid back people. It's too bad Paulie didn't just put remote back on docking station instead of being a prick.

" I would do anything for him...except interior decorating "

Slava wasn't fucking around, had a Desert Eagle chilling on his desk.

Slava is basically Dmitri from GTA IV if he was nicer.

Wonder if Sil made Paulie pay points on his lost $5k...

I love the respect tony have for slava

He is literally counting bills and has a gun on his desk while his daughter is in the same room lol

"Sopranovski" 😂😂😂

I love the fact that Tony did the money transfer and resolving Janice retribution at the same time, but had Janice at the bottom of the notepad. He clearly added it in as an afterthought 😂😂

3:24 Even Chrissy was sick of Paulie's bullshit. 😂

That moment when Tony realised Valery isn't just a drunk Russian. 😂😂 Aaaah

Love the way Tony looks at the hand cannon on the desk, then looks out the door.

The beauty of the last scene is often missed I think. Tony realises the guys gonna go, and he gauges how much he means to Slava, trying to read him and ask information.

6:46, that moment when Tony knew shit was fucked up. Liked the actor who played Slava, very good in a small role.

A Russian drinking Grey Goose, lol.

I was talking to our friend.... the one who celebrates Christmas.

In Chechnya he saved my life and redesigned my apartment using a fabulous Art Deco motif with just a touch of contemporary chic to set up a stunning contrast. And all the while his own apartment looked like shit.

Tony sitting sideways because he's half expecting a bullet in the back of his head 😅

The most impressive part of the whole series is the characters ability to hear an address once real quick and then remember it. I grew up before gps even still I never knew anyone that could store an address off the top of their head like this.

‘Uh’ Describes Tony’s issues with Meadow perfectly. 4:46

Something tells me Phil wouldn't do business with Slava for one he gets emotional and then he says that he and Valery were closer than brothers lol

"Put remote on docking station" 🤣🤣🤣

Slava was my favorite character on the show i wish they did more with him.

I wish we had more episodes with crossovers with the Russian mob.

That toilet fills up fast

A Russian drinking French vodka? Realism 0% product placement 100%

Fun fact: The guy that plays Valary voices Ray Bulgarin in GTA IV

" I'm looking for this Serbian , he's a friend of Purple , you know - the 2 sworded guy. Now all I know is that he works a shinebox, and he used the wrong colored polish on a pair of loafers to someone very important to me. "

I hope getting lost in the woods with Chris didn’t mess with Paulie’s manicure.

Love how Paulie is so polite and excuses himself to pick up his cell at 2:27

The drink the drugs it breaks my heart..... Well Paulie just gave him a free intervention

"Put universal remote on docking station."

Y'know, I never expected Tony to have such good handwriting.

Slava always so polite and educated tony shuld learn from him.

So no ones going to bring up the fact that this is literally Dimitry and Faustin?

Chris look when Paulie says he “sucker punched him” 💀

What a guy. He was quite the interior decorator.

Hes screaming in the bathroom and flushing the toilet like nobody can feel the bass in his screams 😂 ol T

Borko is like brother to me; closer than brother... I would do anything for him.

Borko goes with the Satin finish

Mr Bulgarin: *Big man! Come have drink!*

Can you imagine that, having a russian launder your mob money and one week later youre in jail

such a great episode, two mobsters of different nationalities getting rich and extolling the goodness of family

Paulie messed up alot of things,from just picking the money to whacking someone bcoz of a remote🤨

That interior decorator really likes his drinks

Slava, you know the vodka makes you emotional.

Only thing missing on Tony's list is some gabagool.

Once Tony saw that slavas daughter was there he felt safe lol.

0:27 😆 Valery moonwalking while buzzed!

In real life these people would be much more powerful than depicted in the sopranos. Much more subtle than the Italians.

0:02 "LUIS, HAVE DRINK. TONY? HE NO GOOD LUIS"

But Slava never figured out what happened to Valery.

The guy who plays Valery sounds like one of the Russian gangsters from GTAIV, probably Ray Bulgarin. It always felt like a David Chase show and a there are a few other wiseguys that are voiced by Sopranos cast.

The guy paulie and Christopher took to the woods.Its the same voice actor for gta 4 mr Bulgarin

Love the shopping list!

Great video borko

Pauly caused a problem and ended up losing a brand new car and 5000

The look ok Christopher’s face when Pauline said ‘he sucka punched me’ 😂 that does not get any credit!

I don't know nutthin

One of my biggest disappointments in this show was the interior decorator never resurfaced. But on the flip side if he had it probably would of wrecked havoc on the storyline

That's so funny Tony had a list of tasks and one of them was 'Janice's Russian' lol

I wonder if Valery ever came back to Slava. People may hate the cliff hangers this show left, but I actually enjoy them!

Tony's x-mas list is the single funniest frame in sopranos.