I have worked with a bunch of Russian devs over the last few decades. They really aren't the same group. Black hats (criminals), Government, and commercial dev

I have worked with a bunch of Russian devs over the last few decades. They really aren't the same group. Black hats (criminals), Government, and commercial devs are pretty distinct, and dont often over lap on a day to day basis. That having been said the government jobs are available to either group (sometimes not by "choice") and there is a revolving door there. It's not so far removed from the university, drug company/reseearch, FDA revolving doors that we have for Drug development in the US.