I may also have been tempted to take that poster off the wall as souvenir. We were all young once and did things we would never do now.
He clearly wasn't aware of the possible consequences and didn't consider any CCTV in the hotel.
I spent some days in Moscow in the seventies (well before the iron curtain was lifted) which was a fascinating but strange experience. I still have a couple of small souvenirs, one from the Russian airline and one official souvenir given by the authorities.
