I have some spare hosting capacity at Hostinger that I could allocate for this project, but I need to check to make sure my hosting account won't get banned for that (LOL!)
Hostinger is not a good idea, have much more look in depth. There are tons of pirate websites in Russia and it looks like Russian government is more than open to allow someone to host something that has a negative impact or is against the US policy. It would be wiser to use Russian local host that will allow this but it wont' be easy to find if you don't understand Russian.Isn't Russia trying to pass a regulation to require people to submit their ID before they can buy a VPS?
Also, if you know someone and can pay, you can feel free to bypass the law. Russia is not Denmark, Norway or Sweden. What do you think, will Russian pirate websites go down if they require from people to submit their ID before they can buy a VPS? There are professional studios in Russia that make dubs on pirated content. No offense but Russia is really a different beast when it comes to laws and law protection .