This is an electronic music blog, why the politics?

Sorry.

Because some really cool electronic music comes out of the region in question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thlqGlP_XcE

There is also some very credible industrial music that is a bit foretelling

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTBL7yjvQ3E

The Russian sense of music syncretism is different, a different angle. Some purists might say inappropriate, but actually mostly very smart.