Finally, I played TOW online for the first time.
The opponent was Thesavage. I don't know if he really is a russian but on the chat screen everything that he typed shows up as a russian (Cyrillic). Anyhow I hit the 'Start game' button and the game started after long loading screen. The game must have the 30 minute time limit as a default. The clock on the top left corner was counting down from 30:00. I am glad that I experienced multiplay, finally. Guys, it is working. Come out and play.