Well, in Sweden, you are automatically considered clever if you know Russian. Suits me fine, LOL!!!
Nobody is impressed by skills in English, German or French because they are less difficult to learn, and more common.

Back in the days of compulsory military service, they used to IQ test the guys when they registered for the service. Those who had the highest IQ and who ideally had studied Russian in school, were given training, and then sent to a military base where they worked with decryption etc for two years. This type of military service was considered among the most prestigious, and one of the side effects is that the person can understand Russian quite well. LOL!!! Not sure if this still goes on, or if it stopped in the 90s. Just today I was reminded of this, as a colleague mentioned that he had done exactly this type of military service. He happens to be a virtual genius. (In case this annoys anyone; he also said that he did literally nothing for his entire military service, since he did not consider the USSR an enemy. So he just sat around for two years... )