What is problem to discuss with exchanges about adding Waves? I can not understand you received an investment of more than $ 10 million and can not spend portion of these funds for expansion of trading opportunities Waves.
Poloniex doesn't ask for listing fee like bittrex, you know. Polo will add waves, i bet, they will add when the time is ready, not now, maybe next year, when waves releases more tech.
Poloniex will not add waves because of the Russian. We can bet with escrow if you think different.