Thanks for your post—it sounds like the calculator strongly impacted your decision making in a positive way. Were you already aware of EA ideas before encountering it? And do you think that it was the visual presentation of how far your money can go, or the ease of the calculations that was particularly compelling?
It seems like an easy win would be to make the results of the calculator easily shareable, perhaps with a post to facebook button.
You note it, but I don’t think your calculations truly take into account the counterparty / political risk of being unable to get liquid from Russian stocks. That risk factor is built into the current low price of Russian stocks—why do you think the market is wrong? Because of the longer time horizon of young investors?