The Russian Orlan suit [1] is pressurized higher than the US EMU [2], and gloves are not as dexterous. I don't know a lot about Russian spacewalks, but US gloves have caused fingernail delamination in many people, including myself (I'm not an astronaut, but I work with this hardware a lot).

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orlan_space_suits

[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extravehicular_Mobility_Unit