Viktor Krunk will not eat American cuisine, as he doesn't understand why everything has to have cheese and bacon on it, or why the country wants to eat chicken-topped dessert for breakfast.

Instead, he imports ingredients from Russia in order to make his own traditional Russian food. This includes blini (medium-sized savoury pancakes that can be served with a range of accompaniments), borscht (a sour beetroot soup usually served with sour cream) and pelmeni (small Russian dumplings, usually stuffed with ground meat and onions). None of his teammates usually want to come round and eat at his house, as he isn't very good at cooking any of these dishes.

When he's on the road, he takes tins of tushonka (tinned, stewed meat of various origin) with him, which he likes to eat while travelling or in team meetings. It stinks and everyone hates him for it.

Krunk credits his athletic performance with his traditional Russian diet.