sure, maybe they aren't running them in moscow also, but all across the western part nearby and scattered along the east south of moscow, many many.
one of my followers is russian, i am pretty sure, he is always writing russian messages. Ivan his name is, iirc. i used to follow him. can't seem to find him but that's not really here or there, hard to find stuff on nostr anyway.
most of the russians i have seen on nostr also complain a lot about putin and russia in general. and you can also see clearly, china is well represented, nostr:npub12h6h8dj3ale4rk6hkpsp6gcz9kx9xtucyhd3pftn86lnn0j25gdsa9qpsf has first hand experience of living there.
i don't think it's better anywhere.
here's a map with moscow marked for your edification:

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You don't realize that I can see the total counts, as well, and not just the image.
Once you control for population, the EU beats even the USA. China has fewer than the Netherlands.
Lightning nodes display the same pattern.