 Some time in late 2012 or early 2013, Vorotnikov, Sokol and their two children fled Russia for Italy, despite their outstanding Interpol arrest warrant.On 10 January 2013 a video was uploaded to YouTube showing Vorotnikov apparently giving a lecture at "Sale", an independent art gallery based in a disused salt warehouse in Venice.On 24 September 2015, prominent member Leonid Nikolaev died after a fall while pruning trees.