They are always online - just in case they need something urgently. Russian programmers only work when they are in the right mood. Programming is a creative process and it cannot be pushed. Russian programmers are always in the mood for programming. There are two kinds of Russian programmers - the ones that hate Windows and program on Unix and the ones that hate Windows and still program on Windows.
Russian programmers hate to code somebody else's ideas.
Each program is written personally and from scratch. Russian programmers always have a copy of Doom, Duke Nukem or Quake on their hard drives. They play nights over the network in a Deathmatch mode. Russian programmers never use joystick. Keyboard is a dangerous weapon in their fast hands.