Many Russian startups are trying not to focus on the fact that they are from Russia. According to legend, this could stop a potential European investor. Europeans, be honest, is this meaningful to you? Really interesting
Let's talk about ICO investments, to be quiet clear
Most of cryptos and ICOs come from the USA, so you could also say that most Americans are scammers... As said, Vitalik Buterin is Russian and also the WAVES project is another succesful platform from Russia.
Another one succesful ICO from Russia is SilentNotary, which is hard at work after collecting money in their ICO.