Are there people that live in russia on yahoo personals?

Yes, and beware of those Russian women on the personal sites, they are scammers. I guarantee you they will send you photos showing they are very pretty women, and it's probably not even a photo of themselves (they may not even be a woman), and several emails back and forth they will tell you they have fallen in love with you and want you to send them money to come to visit or marry you, and once and if you send them money, you won't hear from them again. I know several men this has happened to.