There is absolutely zero evidence of financial gain in that article. Anything else you are making up. You cannot support your position that they are subject to criminal penalties through law.
I am the obviously the one defending the law
That's a joke. It took forever just to get you to reference the law. You initially just dismissed it, didn't even reference the law in your defense.
You can keep lying trying to defend your criminal Russian hacker heroes, but the record is clear, you've already outright admitted you are willing to lie for months on their behalf, and have zero credibility when it comes to law enforcement.