The Russian situation is recent, due to the Ukranian conflict. The more general observation that there are different preferences in poultry consumption globally, resulting in, literally, one bird being split and sent to opposite ends of the Earth, is what I was emphasizing.
Not knocking you in any way here, just adding my own two bits. Appreciate your insider's view, really.
Either way, it's the American Consumer that demands white meat... personally I'm a dark meat chap myself.