[serko]

It is a bit puzzling that so many people think that Kaspersky is not connected to the siloviki.

I can recommend reading an investigation by Russian journalists on the subject: "Inside The Fight For The Soul Of Kaspersky Lab" https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ilyazhegulev/russia-kas...

The original Russian title of the investigation was "Orcs who defeated the techies: How the siloviki infiltrated Kaspersky Lab — and what it led to", you can check this story in Russian here: https://meduza.io/feature/2018/01/22/orki-pobedivshie-tehnar...