why so many russian going pro in japan?

i understand korean pros playing in japan since they are like close to each other but russia?

Probably they're from Far East

Russia is also close to Japan.

siberian probably

east russia can get 60 ping there, and too far to emea ping

Ping related thing iirc

Somethings from Vladivostok which is near japan

The eastern part of russia is closer to japan that's why their ping is lower when they play in jp servers compared to eu so they prefer to play in jp servers and get discovered by jp teams

Itsover [#3]

Russia is also close to Japan.

Not many live in east russia

Vladivostok is much closer to Tokyo than Moscow

brobeans [#9]

Not many live in east russia

"barely anyone"=25 million people

MeAngryNotHappy [#10]

Vladivostok is much closer to Tokyo than Moscow

and russia and japan are literally neighbors, they have disputed island in their borders

Itsover [#11]

"barely anyone"=25 million people

google says 8 million and the least populated district

brobeans [#13]

google says 8 million and the least populated district

that's for far eastern federal district, you forgot siberian federal district. Novosibirsk alone is 3m people

brobeans [#13]

google says 8 million and the least populated district

that is just one district named far-eastern federal district there's still districts that are in asia but with different names

Itsover [#14]

that's for far eastern federal district, you forgot siberian federal district. Novosibirsk alone is 3m people

Why would you include Siberian district? That’s so far away

ZhangWei [#15]

that is just one district named far-eastern federal district there's still districts that are in asia but with different names

that’s not what they are talking about

Because Nippon owns Russia

brobeans [#17]

that’s not what they are talking about

Doesn’t need to be the closest district to Japan only, every district that’s closer to Asia than Europe counts

east russia has better ping to JP than EMEA itself