Well, this week’s young Russian, Renat, is far more typical of the Eastern Europeans who decide to become HMBoys or to appear on other sites – he simply needed the cash. After all, if you’re born in the middle of nowhere (or, in Renat’s case, Siberia) and you want to make something of your life, it stands to reason that you’re going to take hold with both hands when any opportunity to get on presents itself …
In this case, our photographer encountered Renat when the boy was going door to door looking for work. He’d just left school, it turned out, and hadn’t been able to get a job – so he was hoping that he might make a few roubles from rubbish clearing or sweeping up the yard. And maybe, if he was really lucky, there might be some indoors jobs like a bit of painting and decorating that would, at least, get him out of the Siberian cold. (By the way, guys, we’re sorry to destroy a common boyporn fantasy but Russian houses don’t usually have outdoor pools – so any idea that Renat would become the sort of poolboy who strips off for work at the drop of a fur hat is just a non-starter!)
