Well, the pistol-legalization bill is now in the Russian senate.
Current version is probably the result of multiple compromises, and as such is made of... well, let's see:
1. Pistols will be legal, limited to 300 joules muzzle energy and 1 pistol per person.
2. Age limit will be 23.
3. Permits to own said pistols will be only available to men who served in the Russian armed forces, thus excluding practically all women and almost anybody with a college degree of any kind.