I'm in Australia but I'm guessing this is an English import version since there no third party publisher logo (just 1C and Katauri.)
I've also tried running the protect.exe with the /lic:deactivate key tag, but there doesn't seem to be a deactivate function. I've also tried inputting my serial and hardware information into the Starforce site and trying to deactivate the license that way, but it wouldn't work.
So yeah, I'm a bit stumped.
Or did you mean exactly where I bought the game? It was from
here.