There are many weird things happening in the replays, like people with 11-15 air troop capacity or random spawning of troops in the middle of the base. This one I havent seen before though.
According to Wikipedia the rus state was established in the 9th century, which I guess correspond to the medieval age (age VI).
That was my main point.
But I agree it can be debated when the british, francs and germans could be considered a nation.
Currently I guess it would be quite...
USA currently has 7 wonders and also a coalition , which is 5 more than the countries with the next most. Russia has 2 wonders and a coalition. So they are both represented well in the game.
Also both countries were non-existing for the first handfull of ages, so it doesn't make much sense to...