Subculture of hackers in Russia

Abstract

This article observes the situation with hacker subculture in Russia. The author is analyzing the reasons why this subculture doesn't need a lot of time to conquer Russian net society. He is proving that tremendous growth of popularity of hacker subculture in Russia is caused by easy acceptance of hacker's ideology. Also, the author is studying modern functions of hacker subculture and researching why Russian society does not regard hackers as criminals.