I have always harbored the feeling that this event will make crypto more popular and take it to another level. The only thing that we wish for is for the event to move on smoothly without any hindrance because we now live in a world where there are a lot of threats from other countries. People will definitely run out of cash due to certain reasons, and others will prefer a digital form of money as compared to physical cash due to security reasons. This i think will make cryptos popular in Russia for this event.
I totally agree with your point about security issues being a main threat to this event. Things of that sort are usually unpredictable. But you would also agree with me that this is a global event and Russia will not take it lightly because it can easily dent the reputation of the country should this happen. Their military system is not weak and we all know that. So i think they would have started preparing for this event as long as you and i can imagine. But all the same, anything can always happen. So lets just hope and pray that the event moves on smoothly.