We are seeing bullet holes from what seem to have been cyber warfare between the former cold war foes.
That said the Russian government is trying to move people to local distributions of Linux, like Astra Linux, but I don't think the uptake is enough to explain low infection rate in Russia.
At this point I'm not even upset or shocked. It just further supports the narrative Russia is seeking to manipulate/exploit the internet to their benefit.
Considering the average Russian is poorer than an Indian, it looks like Putin is going to fuck over his country as his countrymen cheer him on and suffer in poverty and alcoholism.
The West will crush the feeble Russian economy back to Tsar days.
1. https://hn.algolia.com/?sort=byDate&prefix=true&page=0&dateR...
Whatever, the situation in Russia when it comes to malware and viruses is no different from anywhere else in the world. People and businesses get their computers hacked or infected all the time. So please, spare us your conspiracy theories.
(Ukraine, India, and Taiwan were also unusually heavily affected.)