I don’t know. This article (http://edition.cnn.com/2013/05/09/politics/btn-diplomatic-presence/index.html) says there were 48,000 all over the world in 2008 (11,000 Americans and 37,000 local hires), so 1200 for a large country like Russia doesn’t seem out of the ordinary.
Well in that case, it’s a good start.