Upon arrival he was handed a blue-colored jersey with the number 10. Like the one of the national team, although in Russia Francesco Totti will represent only himself. In the end, despite the controversy over the appropriateness of the promotional trip to Moscow, the former Roma star still decided to attend as the guest of honor at the International RB Award, the 2025 edition of the award held at the Irina Viner Gymnastics Palace. With a black cap lowered on his head, accompanied by his son Cristian, the highly anticipated Totti was immediately photographed and filmed upon landing in Russia. A trip for which he will receive a very large fee. "Without details, it is however a six-figure number in euros," reported Bookmaker Rating (sponsor of the evening) General Manager Asker Tkhalidzhokov about the cachet reserved for Totti, adding that "it is probably the most expensive ambassador in the history of the award”. Before his departure, Totti had tried to extinguish the controversy regarding the trip to a country that is the protagonist of an invasion war: "I am neither a politician nor a diplomat, I am a man of sport who promotes its values around the world," Francesco had said, "I have always done it, first as a footballer and now in a new capacity. For years I have been going to every country where I am invited to speak about sports, and I would have no problem going to Kiev, for the same purposes”.