Ukraine was the same last time I checked. Which, admittedly, was 2006 when I bought cracked software on an Odessa book & CD market (lots of small vendor stalls,

Ukraine was the same last time I checked. Which, admittedly, was 2006 when I bought cracked software on an Odessa book & CD market (lots of small vendor stalls, a permanent market). I've been to both Russia and Ukraine a few times since but that was the only time I needed software (temporarily, only while I was there, relax guys - back then I had a paid license for the entire Adobe Suite back in the office at home). Picture: https://www.flickr.com/photos/11634911@N04/4005305105 https://www.flickr.com/photos/11634911@N04/4005305105 The illegal software actually came with pretty good support and money-back guarantee, and it wasn't just en empty promise. So, this phenomenon is not limited to Russia and in the specific current context, unless things in Ukraine have changed(?), they both do it.