> bellingcat has also done a pretty remarkable job of identifying state-employed hackers and spies just through buying russian passport control information and other private information that's out there on the market

Wow, I just looked some stuff up on bellingcat. It appears that Russia is pretty bad at covering its tracks. This is a good example: https://www.bellingcat.com/news/uk-and-europe/2019/11/07/how...