Hello, Dan Clough.
On 3/18/19 8:55 AM you wrote:

 DC> It's a little curious to me as to why we don't see *ANY* posts  
 DC> from these important Russians.  I don't think I've seen a single  
 DC> post in ANY echo that I follow, from a Russian.  I'm assuming they 
 DC> have their own set of echos, but why wouldn't ANY of them  
 DC> participate in a "Fido-wide" echo like this one?  Serious  
 DC> question...

Yes, we mostly use our Russian-language echoes whose names start with an RU. or
SU. prefix. I'm rather new to Fidonet (joined last summer), but my impression
is that most communication in the Russian part happens in certain sysops' local
echoes. Topic echoes are far less popular these days, with some exceptions like
RU.FIDONET.TODAY which is probably a Russian equivalent of FIDONEWS.
 

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