Mellstroy

Andrey Aleksandrovich Burim (born December 15, 1998), commonly known by his online alias Mellstroy, is a Belarusian streamer and blogger. He primarily streams on Kick. In March 2024, he set a new record in the post-Soviet states for the highest number of concurrent viewers on a live stream, reaching over 720,000 viewers.

He first gained widespread recognition in 2020 during his live broadcasts from the Moscow-City complex. He experienced a second wave of popularity in 2024 by organizing large-scale contests on social media, in which he offered rewards for videos about him, subscriptions, and video greetings from media celebrities and presidents. Since 2024, he has been actively engaged in charitable activities. In October 2025, he launched his own online casino.

Biography 1998—2016: Early years Andrey Burim was born on December 15, 1998, in Gomel, Belarus, into a working-class family. His father worked at a factory, and his mother was a kiosk saleswoman. He has an older brother named Sergey. During his childhood, the family faced financial difficulties, which forced him to wear hand-me-down clothes from his brother. He is of Belarusian descent.

In August 2024, he gave a three-hour interview to the project , in which he stated that he had been interested in making money online since childhood. According to him, at around the age of 12, he created Minecraft game servers and tried his hand at trading. The blogger noted that, at first, his hobby was not supported by his family — his father was skeptical about these activities. However, after Andrey earned his first 100 US dollars online, his relatives’ attitude toward his work changed.

2016—2019: Beginning of streaming career Shortly after enrolling in a vocational school, he dropped out and began creating gaming content on YouTube.

2020: First rise to prominence In 2020, he rented an apartment in the Moscow-City complex, which allowed him to expand the scale and improve the quality of his so-called "streams". Following the rise in popularity of Mellstroy’s streams, he began receiving collaboration offers from online casinos. Mellstroy actively promoted their advertisements, which drew criticism from other bloggers. During his broadcasts, he repeatedly admitted that the main sources of his multimillion-dollar income were advertising and affiliate programs of online casinos.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, IRL streamers gained widespread popularity on the platform Twitch. Instead of playing video games, they broadcast their daily lives and interacted with audiences, creating a sense of presence during lockdowns. Mellstroy became known for his streams, which brought him his greatest popularity. He hosted multi-hour broadcasts from his apartment in the Moscow-City complex, inviting internet personalities such as Edward Bill, Ruki-Bazuki, Polnoe TV, and VJLink, as well as numerous guests, organizing challenges with cash rewards. The incident drew attention from several popular bloggers with multimillion audiences, who criticized Mellstroy for his actions. Among them were Nikolay Sobolev, , and Dmitry Larin. Mellstroy himself stated: "Yes, I am guilty. I must face an appropriate punishment strictly within the framework of the law." He also stated that online casinos had refused to cooperate with him due to the criminal case opened against him; however, he continued to host gaming streams by creating temporary channels, which were soon taken down. In September 2022, he transferred 17,000 US dollars to Yury Khovansky to help him purchase an apartment in Serbia. Khovansky thanked Mellstroy for his assistance and stated that he now had enough money to buy the apartment, adding that he had “completely changed his opinion of Mellstroy.” Earlier, in 2021, Khovansky had proposed banning streams in Russia. That same month, he moved to the platform Kick. Mellstroy also stated that he had “pulled himself together,” stopped drinking alcohol, and repaid debts totaling 130 million rubles within a month and a half.

2024–present: Second rise to prominence In February 2024, due to a criminal case in the United Arab Emirates, he left for Turkey. In addition, Mellstroy stopped hosting streams. As of March 2024, the blogger had paid out more than one million US dollars for videos featuring him. as well as for running across the field during the UEFA Champions League final with the Mellstroy logo painted on one’s body.

In March 2024, Mellstroy visited Russia, despite previously being wanted in both Russia and Belarus in connection with a case concerning evasion of military service in the Belarusian army. Later, he purchased sports equipment and clothing for 500 orphanages in Belarus, after which his name was removed from the wanted lists. During this period, the blogger stayed in Moscow, residing in a presidential suite costing about one million rubles per night.

On March 20, 2024, Mellstroy hosted a joint stream with rapper Morgenshtern on the platform Kick. The stream was watched by 720,000 concurrent viewers, breaking the previous record held by streamer and becoming the most-viewed live broadcast in Russia. The owners of various online casinos paid Mellstroy 300 million Russian rubles for this stream. Morgenshtern received 150,000 US dollars from Mellstroy for attracting a large audience.

Personal life Financial condition In July 2020, Mellstroy stated that he earned between 20 and 80 thousand Russian rubles per month.

Own project Mellstroy.game In May 2025, he announced the launch of an online casino in partnership with the betting company 1Win. Mellstroy stated that the project would maintain a flexible policy toward players and that he planned to engage in charitable activities on behalf of the project in the future. In early October 2025, the website Mellstroy.game, associated with 1Win, appeared online. Mellstroy became the main ambassador of the brand, stating that he had no connection to the project’s owners. His involvement was limited to promoting the online casino and interacting with the audience. Mellstroy also promised promo codes worth 1 million US dollars and cars with a total value of 3 million US dollars. On October 17, 2025, the blogger launched a large-scale challenge featuring a giveaway of 30 apartments and a prize fund of 1.5 million US dollars. Every day from October 17 to November 17, Mellstroy’s team selects one winner. He described the project as the most expensive and risky of his career, relying entirely on TikTok promotion without any advertising. In March 2025, he donated 5 million rubles for the medical treatment of Pasha Technique, who had fallen into a coma due to a drug overdose in Thailand.

Legal issues In October 2020, during one of his streams, Mellstroy grabbed a woman by the head and struck her twice against a table. A criminal case was opened against the streamer under the article “Battery.” In July 2021, the court sentenced Mellstroy to six months of correctional labor and imposed a fine of 72,000 rubles. Later, Mellstroy expressed remorse for his actions. In an interview with the YouTube channel , he admitted that he had been wrong and made a mistake, adding that some time later he reconciled with the victim. She later appeared on one of his streams, during which Mellstroy gave her 80,000 (802.89€) Russian rubles.