My lie wasn't in defending them. My lie was in letting you believe an American hacker was Russian. That still has you fuming, doesn't it?
were obviously violating the US laws which protect our intellectual property
Name the law and how they may have violated it (were they subject to its jurisdiction). I bet I can. Can you?
The best excuse you've been able to come up with is since they were in Russia they are legally free to pillage our goods
The actions in question did not necessarily involve "pillage," as I take it to mean the unlicensed copying and distribution of software.