Well if you deliberately overload them and possibly even bypass fuses any electrics get scary. Mix in some seriously dodgy DIY wiring and you'll end up with an explosive mix in just about any country. I've seen some seriously ancient and questionnable wiring in Northern Ireland, not so much in England yet, at least not in person. If you have a look over at DIYnot forums (electrics UK) you'll find a few hot messes rather quickly.
I'm not all that familiar with Russia but the house in the video definitely feels like extreme rural poverty to me and a setting like that usually breeds the worst wiring (and other building details). They do mention that there are no neighbours so I guess this is pretty remote.
