Well, Russians doing "Internet business" have used products like e-gold for a couple decades, so no big surprise they're happily using bitcoin now. Mainly they

Well, Russians doing "Internet business" have used products like e-gold for a couple decades, so no big surprise they're happily using bitcoin now. Mainly they need some method to transfer from the West to Russia, and they're sophisticated about managing risk. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-gold https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-gold