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I have a surprising number of friends who have gone to both Japan and Korea to teach English. (Seven of them, now that I bother to count.)
I know nothing about the Russian programs, but a shit ton about the Japanese ones and slightly less about the Korean ones. All of them stayed for anywhere from a year to "indefinitely" (two are still over there) and they all said it was an absolutely incredible experience.
Re-reading your post though, it doesn't sound like you will actually be in a program that secures you a job though, only a course that will in theory give you the qualifications to teach ESL. That's a little more uncertain--friend number eight, for example, decided to just show up in China with the intention of getting a teaching job, but had to come back because no one wanted to hire him. I get the impression you have to be coming through a licensed program for any school to consider you, but maybe it's different in Russia.
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