If I buy from the Russian Steam...

because tos.

Possibility of having location restricted games? I'm not really sure, haven't looked into it myself.

you mean getting games from traders or using vpn to buy games directly from RU store? First is OK, Second one can get you ban

"You agree that you will not use IP proxying or other methods to disguise the place of your residence, whether to circumvent geographical restrictions on game content, to purchase at pricing not applicable to your geography, or for any other purpose. If you do this, we may terminate your access to your Account."

By all means trade with people who live in Russia. There's nothing wrong with that as far as I'm aware, as with all treading be careful of region locks and scammers. Just don't use a VPN or something to buy them yourself.

Thanks for all the answers ^_^ Seems like the easiest way is to get in touch with some of my Russian friend (if I can xD) and see if they are willing to play middle man.

Most of the games now will restrict cross-region trading. Steam have recently changed a lot of the game "packages" to prevent this sort of thing. Apart from that, some games can only be activated and run in the country of purchase (this is highlighted by a ! in the gift).

I wouldn't do it personally but considering how much of an unfair advantage they get in the trading game I wouldn't blame someone if they did. Why not region restrict all games on their store?

Don't EVER buy on Steam from a country other than your own nefariously (i.e. using VPN). When you hear people scream about "Don't use VPN", the quickest way to a ban is by purchasing over VPN. Purchasing is far more likely to get you caught than if you just used a VPN to activate b/c if say your CC is in Euros and you purchase in rubles, the exchange fee falls on Steam so they're much more likely to catch you and they do ban for this.

Its also worth installing "Enhanced Steam" to Chrome so you can view prices in other regions very easily. Russia is almost always the cheapest, but if its locked there, its worth checking the prices in Malaysia and Indonesia too.

Go over to Steamtrades and search "Russia", you'll find dozens of threads of traders, many of whom are very trustworthy that will get you any game you want for a key price/paypal/etc. Some are looking for more profit than others, so just do some looking around. Typically the same game will be about the same price with all of them, but usually 1 or 2 will have it at least slightly cheaper. Other places to check are Dispenser.TF and TF2Outpost.com, and you can get lucky on both of those sites but I tend to find prices higher there.

You really should care about breaking the rules, just for the sake of being a decent person.

If you buy from Russian Steam you directly contribute to the INVASION ON UKRAINE. IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT? DO YOU WANT YOUR DIRTY, DIRTY MONIES BE USED TO KILL A FAMILY OF UKRAINIAN FARMERS?

u cant buy games from russian steam store even using VPN short answer is this.

u cant buy games from russian steam store using VPN because it's not about VPN it's about your account. your account is locked on your country if u even travel outside border u cant buy anything from their steam store if even currency is same.

In Russia you don't buy from Russian Steam, Russian Steam buys from YOU!

Not worth the risks involved.