When will the russia mafia be added to the oligarch commission?

[duforsure]

It would also hurt putin , and those that have dealing here with them. TFG?

[Pachamama]

1. Excellent question [phone]

[fierywoman]

2. I'm sure Giuliani has a direct line to them.

[Irish_Dem]

3. I was wondering the same thing.

Time for them to go. Yep, would hurt TFG big time.

[Silent3]

4. Isn't what makes the Russian Mafia the Russian Mafia being good at evading law enforcement...

...and functioning in a black market economy?

I'd of course love to see the Russian Mafia targeted by sanctions, but how the hell as a practical matter can that be done effectively? Wouldn't we have gone after them fiercely already if we knew how to?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

5. Putin is a mob boss. Controls but depends on the oligarchs.

I think his first father-in-law was a mob boss, but I haven't been able to find anything definitive on that point.

Certainly a KGB lt-Colonel doesn't ordinarily gain a fortune of $200 billion or build $1 billion palatial estates. Nor do non-mobbish, non-corrupt leaders of countries.