This is strictly anecdotal evidence that Russians are the best at hacking. For example ;
A) my son has played hockey in Russia for 9 seasons and I get better broadcasts from Russian pirated sites than when I pay for them online on the KHL website. Strange but rue.
B)  every time I speak with my son I hear the click and we know our calls are monitored whether we're on Skype, cell, wifi or landline. We're pretty careful what we say.
And evrytime I send an email I know it's being monitored because it takes a while to get to his inbox. 
C) he gets a visit occasionally wherever he's stayed in Russia from the authorities. They treat him well but, we know it's a checking in thingy.
D) years ago I needed to find out how to watch his games online before the KHL provided video. No problem, lots of Russians around the Toronto area, my daughter played with a Russia girl, I asked her dad and voila, a Russian computer expert shows up at my home setting me up. Doing his PHD at UofT.