This is patently irrelevant. The Russian government is "known to" work in a level of accordance with its own hacking community, preferring that patriotic hackers choose to use their talents against geopolitical adversaries. Law enforcement chooses to crack down in particular instances where hackers act against the state--law enforcement having relatively few resources and even fewer incentives to stop someone form breaking into the Pentagon. Moreover, as I recall, there's sort of a revolving door between the public and private sectors, especially pertaining to information technology firms. "The government can't be proved to have done it!" is absolutely meaningless.
You are completely ignorant of the situation in Russia. A reasonable person here will never get in contact with law enforcement agencies. People prefer to stay away from them, keep as much distance as possible. Perhaps there are few exceptions, such as "patriotic hackers" but I have never seen them and never heard about them.
