Also, was this Russian living off the grid in Siberia for the last six months? How are they unaware of the western sanctions against their country?

He just wanted to play vidya. And for all I know he's like fifteen and retarded, or something; plenty of people on Steam meet that definition. Also, you might know something logically, but still be surprised when you run into it; the dude's literally asking where the "Buy" button is.