It's true, Russia banned access to bitcointalk some time ago so every user coming from there has to use VPN in order to access it. That makes their numbers even more impressive and I wonder how many people from my country (Croatia) would bother going through hassle like that just to access the forum.
I guess I can say they are true lovers of the Bitcointalk community. They are still in the community even it's banned in their country. A few weeks ago I was talking with my Russian friend and said I have reached Sr. member rank On Bitcointalk. He said, "Congratulations bro! But, I cannot access Bitcointalk anymore. He doesn't bother to use VPN just to access Bitcointalk. So, I assume those peoples are true Bitcointalk Lovers and that's why they are still here.
BTW, Congratulations Rikafip for achieving 3000 Merits!
Long way to go. Good luck!