I read this article about carding and the author said that the best carders in the world were Russian. He said that the government didn't give a f*ck about their criminal activities as long as they dont attack Russian institutions. The cyber criminals in Russia are very open, apparently with some of them even saying on Facebook that they are carders. And posting the money and stuff they got by hacking and stealing from other countries. They are immune to prosecution from the west lol.