Hey, I thought I was just kidding -- but now it turns out this guy was a Russian-speaker... Wasn't our SHIt-FoR-BVains a Rooskie, too?
Anybody remember? Arkadiy, perhaps you happened to notice (if you were around when he was)?
That would be *too* much of a coinkydink for this to be a joke any more, IMAbsolutelyNSHO...