I know that they have Expos in FIBO style, one in Moscow in November and one in Siberia this month. I think that while it seems popular with men, on the women side bb is much less popular. Since powerlifting and armlifting are popular in Russia and would provide great "raw material" , the switch from there to bb looks however much more difficult , maybe due to cultural and historical reasons. The dream that some oligarch or his wife would put money in for altruistic reasons seems unreal, they are here to make money and as long as it is not profitable, i dont see money coming from there