First off all, "schadenfreude" is not Russian it's German for the pleasure enduced by watching the pain of others. Second, I speak German and I know what that means from heart
Ja, das weiss ich. It's more a reference to the number of Russian car wreck compilation videos. Oddly, watching big accidents is a fascination for some people whom I've met. There's simply no equivalent concept in English.
I have an e-mail from my insurance company about my automobile accident last week. I'm on their YouTube channel as part of this month's car wreck compilation.