Well, 1 recent GM game (Motylev-Rakhmanov, 2018, -
) featuring this variation:
https://www.chess.com/games/view/14383331
Here's also the first game with 4. Nd3 (Glek-Ivanchuk, 1986, 0-1) in the local database:
https://www.chess.com/games/view/386899
Today Carlsen decided to create a surprise
by choosing a rare and weird variation of the Russian game
:
Nevertheless, Stockfish is okay with it giving positive evaluations in the range +0.1/+0.3.