I hope the organizers enjoyed not allowed to participate in this event Valentin Novikov, Leonid Novikov, Andrey Khramov, and others.
Freundschaft durch Sport!
I don't think that Чемпионат Вооружённых сил РФ по спортивному ориентированию was ever open to non-Russians.
They had official invitation and they registered in time.
http://www.kommersant.ru/doc/2525628
The invitation was valid during peace... in wartime the value of sin(x) can reach 4.0, as you may know.