These Russians?

[burgingham]

Well I am not that well informed anymore, but I think the big Russian groups from former Bitarsk and Stalingrad don't really exist anymore. Told them they would never get back at us for klaues little genocide.

[DatOneGuy]

Not all russians are bad, but some are very 'aggresive'.

I'd definitely question groups where every player is required to pump str until they have 350+ even if they only farm.

[juhubert]

what i could obsereve is, that the biggest part of the russians remaining in game are playing the same style as most of the people here. the percentage of griefers or raiders is just as high as in every other group of players.

most of them are farmers or traders or the like.

[Wipfmetz]

Our first Russian contact was some hunter, who left us newbs with a friendly advice. And that advice was to be careful around bowmen. Thank you, Mr. Unknown Russian Advisor.
Most of the Russian "thing" comes from some rather strong yet secluded presence: nearly every second rune-stone seems to be written in Russian, almost all wiki entries have a Russian translation and then there's even a Russian fan-site and a Russian forum. It's pretty much a textbook example of "we vs them".

[al]

almost all wiki entries have a Russian translation

Really?

[Wipfmetz]

almost all wiki entries have a Russian translation

Really?

Well, those articles all just hiding, now that i'm searching for them.

[Thijssnl]

Look harder:
http://havenandhearth.wikia.com/wiki/String

First one I opened, most object pages have translation.

[DatOneGuy]

These are being phased out, there is a russian havenandhearth wiki, check the main page.

[al]

With two pages in it )

[Wipfmetz]

These are being phased out, there is a russian havenandhearth wiki, check the main page.

So it wasn't just my memory playing tricks on me. Yay.