It's probably a non-NTSC tape (NTSC is the TV standard used in the US).
Coming from Russia, it's most likely some variant of PAL, or possibly
SECAM. These won't play in a normal US VCR, you would need a VCR made
for PAL or SECAM (and, to make matters worse, there are sub-variants of
both PAL and SECAM that require different VCRs).
[And to make matters still worse, if you manage to find such a VCR, it's
output won't be viewable on a normal US-standard (NTSC) TV set, either
.... you would need a (surprise!) PAL or SECAM (proper sub-variant) TV
set as well.]
Almost every country in the world has a different TV standard, so this
problem is common when you get a TV or VCR or media (tape) in one
country and try to use it in another country. [Some countries do use
the same standard, but if you include both the video standard (NTSC,
PAL, Secam) and the various sub-standards, and then the different
broadcast frequencies (may not be an issue for simple VCR playback),
there are 2 to 3 dozen standards.]
Multi-format equipment, and even "universal" equipment, does exist, but
it's both hard to find and quite expensive.