How do you know it wasn't just their wives?
Russian guys with plenty of dosh = probably ill-gotten gains and trophy wives with a bad attitude.
Hate to sound xenophobic but Russians with lots of money (nouveau-riche) are boorish as fuck.
Having been to places like Mayhofern, Courchavel etc, yes there are Russians, and other EEs, there who are are there with their bratty trophy wives who want lunch in the VIP areas of mountain restaurants where Petrus is 1000 Euros a bottle and the seats are covered in deer skin before they take the cable car down the mountain to go shopping.
How do do you know they are married couples? Simple, they are wearing the same brand, expensive, naff designer ski wear, rather than the old classic, but sensible, jackets you would find blokes like me in.
I can't find them tonight, but I am sure that I have seen AW profiles or web sites where young ladies advertise as ski bunies to accompany old codgers on trips to ski resorts. I just I wish I had the money and opo to take them off somewhere.
Regards,
davidgood