> There is something to be understood about modern Russian culture - being successful cheater and uncaught thief considered a virtue, praised in a folklore with an iconic characters as Ostap Bender or, on a lower level, untouchable criminals, so-called Thiefs-Above-Law.

This appears many in unequal or unjust countries in the world (for example North Africa), and it is easy to understand: When the powers that be are not seen as just, it's easy to motivate cheating against their rules.