From gbhackers.com
Russia leverages a mix of state-backed Advanced Persistent Threat (APT) groups and financially motivated cybercriminals to achieve its strategic goals, as APT groups conduct espionage to gather valuable political and economic information.
The Russian government may recruit financially motivated groups, despite their apparent independence, for malicious operations, resulting in a complex threat landscape where the distinctions between criminal and state-sponsored actors are hazy, while intelligence agencies like the SVR and GRU likely orchestrate these cyber activities.