There has been a big shift in Russian to get the "world" away from using the US dollar. I think they view it as a possibility that Bitcoin will help replace the US dollar, so they will risk it and allow Bitcoin to flourish there.
Maybe but i dont think the high ranking Russian officials know about Bitcoin yet, the court that lifted the ban was a minor court, and outside our Bitcoin community, not many other press covered this event.
So i guess 99% of Russians still dont know or care about Bitcoin, so if they want a popular Bitcoin there, then they should spread the word.