is this journalism? the first paragraph is about how he isn't believable because he has a russian accent yet works in the valley. seriously? Isn't the valley largely made up of foreigners pursuing crazy ideas? This is subjective and fishy armchair journalism at best. Even if the product is junk - there needs to be more substance than "i dont feel like its right because he has an accent and my 2-3 hours of research from my chair didnt show up much". Try researching some biotech companies that are in super-stealth mode - you will find nothing - yet they've often raised double digit millions in funding for their products from VCs...
I don't see that in the article anywhere (^F doctor ^F Petersburg).
I also don't sense any specifically anti-Russian sentiment. I think the references to Russia are to contrast the lack of presence in SF despite a claim to have one, or the lack of corroboration for the claimed references. I imagine the tone of the article would be the same if it was France or South Africa or Malaysia.
People located in non-US jurisdictions (particularly those countries which have a high level of corruption or can otherwise subvert international judicial processes) have less to fear in the way of legal consequences and therefore the likelihood of fraud is much higher.
