Vitaly Zdorovetskiy built a digital empire on the edge of chaos for years, keeping millions entertained with dangerous pranks that often crossed the line into crime. However, the 33-year-old Russian-American YouTuber's most recent stunt in the Philippines did not make him famous; it got him expelled from the country for good.
On Jan. 17, 2026, the man known as VitalyzdTv was taken from a Taguig detention centre and placed on an IrAero flight to Irkutsk. This marked the end of a long saga that cost him his freedom, his base of operations and potentially his future in the West.
