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This is definitely a fake
Well, duh. I don't think anyone was disputing that.
Russian patterns are extensively copied, with most sellers explicitly saying that what they sell are copies (that sort of thing is very legal in Russia, to the extent where a typical Moscow newspaper stand will probably have some pattern copies among its wares); I'm guessing that this is one of those copies (it seems to be far better quality than the usual copy, too, though it still has many significant differences from the real thing).