Putin Loves Linux, Orders Government Transition to Open Source old new maybe many of you already heard of it. http://www.techi.com/2010/12/putin-loves-linux-orders-government-transition-to-open-source/ http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/russian-linux-push-continues
yeah it also save lot of software piracy as well they are teaching it at school level so many people switch to linux also feel lot of good things come to linux from russia side too )