This is the type of deal that can last until it actually begins to mean real numbers. Then the major intellectual property countries use their leverage to get the infringing state to amend their intellectual property laws. This has happened numerous times.
It's theft. Everyone knows its theft, even the infringing country that is using the cloak of sovereignty to get away with it.
As to the credit card issue. I was thinking more of the RIAA tracing the numbers to the infringing parties in the US when Russia gets their arm twisted hard enough to end this blatant abuse of copyright.
The difference this time is that Russia has oil, which we need many times worse than Russia needs Ford and Dell.
You're wrong. Russia treats data differently from a product. That's the heart of this issue. These digital files are treated differently in Russian commerce regulations than a CD.