I think there is a lot of reverse-engineers from CIS you know about it's because once USSR disappear there was a lot of freedom (many would call it anarchy) in

I think there is a lot of reverse-engineers from CIS you know about it's because once USSR disappear there was a lot of freedom (many would call it anarchy) in copyright area and very limited pressure on illegal activity in internet in general. Basically anyone who had PC and interest in reverse engineering may do almost anything without consequences. There was a lot of people that did it all publicly without really hiding their identity or even making business off it (like well-known DRM-removal tools). If you would try to do anything like that in western would you'll end up in prison soon. Also reverse engineering isn't some independent area, but it's usually linked with black hat security, virus making, carding, SEO, etc. There was a lot of CIS-based illegal and gray area communities and services that only may exist because lack of government control and many still exist. So it's was as well one of ways to make a lot of (illegal) money, but at some point any person grow up, get married (and make a child) and don't want to take criminal risks. Many of them want move to EU/US where risks are higher. Here you go where huge part of experts has come from.