Eh, I wouldn't class this as downtime at this point, it's a degraded service at worst.
It's a database issue linked to one particular Merge flow by the look of it.
i know its a database problem.
the point im trying to make is that ppl are complaining while they kinda should expect the fact that mail.ru said taht it would that 2 days more or less to get everything working properly.
so for the ppl who cant log in atm cuase that database got out of sync, they should count it as downtime.
like i said before, i have the same isseu, but how much does it help if ppl keep spamming abotu teh problem while its on the news page.
they can better keep an eye on the news page and hope its solved in a few hours then shouting in the forum that they cant log in or see there chars.
so like i said before and will say again, everybody should keep there patiance and let the ppl from mail.ru do there work, and underwhile, we got youtube, or other games

and if your really bared and dont know what to do, just check sites like :
http://9gag.com/
grtz