Loved it when this thread turned into a semi-serious discussion on national psychology
Sorry about that.
BTW, just to add: I am born in Hungary, which is also a post-USSR country. A lot of cheating takes place there as well, tax evasion, gas fee evasion, theft, black markets, whatever. But (!): I never heard one word about Hungarians in game, i.e "Hungarians are all cheaters and scammers!!!". More likely so, you'd find "Russian" or "Poles" replace "Hungarians".
Just an interesting observation. Just because one cheats in real life, does not mean you will also cheat in games. I have theories that would support this observation, but the average attention span will suffer, so I can't be hassled.