It's been my experience that many russian players play like it's their first hand of poker. But as some others have stated, there are some decent russian players. It does seem like most of them play like a maniac though. And look what happens, they usually donk 4,5, even 6 hands in a row, cracking any premium hands held by other players. If they knew what they were doing, they would stop and play right after amassing all the chips they have donked. And i have seen some do just that. That might be their strategy, all or nothing at first, and if they get lucky, tighten up and play right. I play with a certain russian player, and that's exactly what he does. Recently he won back to back tournaments playing like a maniac, of course a seasoned player knows that kind of play won't go far in the long run.