Please try to read the original article
source link because privacy coins are not mentioned by the Russian intelligence team and it the article writers that mention privacy coin in other to get our attention.
I read through the original article and found that they actually mentioned privacy coins along with others.
Система, в частности, позволит:
частично снимать анонимность участников транзакций с криптовалютами в системах Bitcoin, Ethereum, Omni, Dash и Monero (две последние системы повышенной анонимности) путем их классификации по набору наиболее распространенных профилей проведения криптотранзакций;
How is it possible to track a transaction which it does not exist on blockchain and only disclose to the parties involved?
Speaking of Russia corruption level which is well know and I dont think people will trust them but I'm sure the device they created to target bitcoin transactions.
I have no idea how they are going to trace those coins, but may be they need more money to explain that. As far as I know, they are asking for 10 millions $, which is a big amount of money.