@tibreaker - you have gotten great advice and you have already stated you will talk to your cadre, so that is the most important thing. Definitely congrats on Project Go, that is a great accomplishment. There is a reason why the Project Go programs do not operate actually in Russia, it is actually not allowed. Here is the wording on the ASU website regarding their program.
"Due to restrictions on the use of federal scholarship and fellowship funding inside the Russian Federation, CLI's 2015 Russian programs abroad are being offered in the Russian-speaking city of Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan."
If you are Army, the other thing to keep in mind for travel, especially during any school break is you will be required to fill out a Force Protection Travel Plan. This will include a country briefing, not limited to learning the current FPCON status, terrorist level and criminal threat level. There is a lot of great information included, including the state department travel warnings and restrictions, and sometimes those restrictions are different for any US personnel. You will also be required to provide the location of the Embassy (to show you know where it is), as well as a travel itinerary with where you will be staying, including the addresses of those places.
Totally echo
@Capt MJ in keeping great records. My daughter's security clearance form decision did not come back with her classmates. In fact, she did it a year earlier (was a nursing student who switched to a non nursing student), so as a Sophomore she was a MS3. When it finally came back middle of the first semester of her junior year, her ROTC PMS told her, "you travel too much"! I actually think she travels just the right amount, but the truth is, with living overseas, visiting family out of the country, and traveling often as a family, as well as traveling often on college breaks, there were a lot of foreign nationals to check out! So keeping good records is key. She also had to sit through a DOD investigatory interview going over each of those dates carefully and she had to give contact information on some of the people she had not thought of when initially filling out the form. Anyone she kept in contact with on a regular basis or had stayed at their house that was a citizen of another country. So good records are key!
She shares with me the cautions in the briefings, and as her Mother, I really appreciate how detailed the briefings are. For example, in the last two years she has gone to Mexico at least 4 different times, and she is heading there for Spring break. She told me for the first time there is now a restriction for her that she is not allowed to "hail a cab on the street." She must use an app, or an official taxi stand, or she is also allowed for her hotel to call a taxi for her. When she traveled to Germany over Christmas one year, the briefing went into detail to be extra careful and aware of her surroundings while going to Christmas markets due to the increased terrorist threat there. While she was on her trip (but in a different city), there was an attack on a Christmas market in Berlin. My point is, the FPTP is meant to insure that you have been properly briefed so that you have the best chance of making good decisions so that you are safe. It is also a requirement of your ROTC cadre to make sure they have briefed you. Good luck in all your travels!