Where did he go?

The forum is more of a business, than a Greek definition of a forum.

Any update/news on chakster ??

Not here.  I for one have been concerned about him, since on occasion he was a vocal critic of the Russian government, at least on this forum.  And if he was politically active, he might have been in danger for expressing his views. I said as much a year ago on this thread.

Much the same way certain factions in the US want to silence the citizens' social media. 

internet and social networks are blocked throughout the Soviet Union to make room for dictactorship regime.

Maybe I’ll try and contact Chakster over on vinylengine and see if he has a budget LOMC for sale. I bet he could use some bizniz.