Dave, I have just posted a message to him.
If I understood Denis correctly (2212) Hephaistos and (5324) Lyapunov were discovered from Ukraine so Timur's discovery is the first NEO from Russia.
I read the topic again, more thoroughly and here is the complete info from there:
(yes, I was not correct. Those two were discovered at Crimean observatory, Ukraine)NEOs, discovered from former USSR countries are (total 6+, as one person has calculated):
(2212) Hephaistos and (5324) Lyapunov from observatory MPC 095 Crimea-Nauchnij (V.Rumiantsev)
2 Amors (2007QA2 and 2008KB12) from Ukraine, MPC А50 Andrushivka (Ju.Ivashchenko)
2006 SF77 - from Lithuania, MPC 152 Moletai (K.Chernis)
2009 HZ67 - Timur's one
and V.Nevski from Belarus has possibly discovered another one - but few info comes from him
