So what do you think is the best way to learn Russian?
Going to Russia! After 6 months, 4 of which in Russia I'm still stuck on level A2, I cannot imagine solely studying this language in Norway EVEN with all the native speakers in my home country...

Should I learn the Cyrillic alphabet first, or just start out with Pimsleur right away?
Both at the same time. I mean use the Cyrillic alphabet, don't convert words to the regular alphabet.

When should I start using a textbook? After you have done some listening to Pimsleur and writing in Cyrillic.
What about the free Princeton courses? I don't know what those are.
Would it be a good idea to learn the 1000 most frequent words in Russian using Anki and at which point should I start doing so?
Not yet.


P.S. I play a game called World of Warcraft, which has Russian servers and a Russian version of the game client. I suppose this could support my learning of Russian at some point?
Yes.