The fact that Russian local is the only one with a special board just for HYIP scams always baffled me.
A lot of scams originate from Russia from what I hear, but their targets aren't Russian AFAIK. So while a scammy section like that would seem appropriate in the Russian board, it kinda doesn't. Nor is Russia the only place where scams are prevalent.
Ratimov, I support your request 100% and appreciate your description of a section that I never visit because I don't speak the language. I often forget there are lots of local boards with their own unique communities.
If theymos wants he can do tests and see whether doing something about those spam bots (from locking those few topics to maybe even banning them) would stop the garbage accumulate.
If not, he can properly contain that area, in a way or another, but preferably also mark it as "Warning, this is a dump, hence pests and diseases may find their home here; watch your steps!".
Makes more sense?
Sounds to me from what Ratimov said that the whole section is not only bot-infested but pretty much dead anyway. The best option would be to just nuke it, no?