1995

Interview with the Vampire is translated into Russian.

1998-1999

First Rice fanfiction.

First notable site Ostrov Nochi – Night Island.

2002

Vampire Chronicles are being translated.

2005

The site http://talamasca.ru/ used to have a fanfiction archive. I don't know whether they stopped writing fanfiction after Rice's prohibition; earlier, there were many challenges; fanfiction was mostly very canon-oriented; no slash is allowed.