“KGB Vlad outsources a lot these dark ops for deniablity and cost savings. Russian oligarchs finance work on behalf of the Russian state in return for favorable treatment on other issues from the Kremlin.”
You certainly post as if this is fact and you really know what your talking about.
I’m curious if that’s indeed the case.
The stated fact is in part the reason oligarchs are oligarchs. They are not Bill Gates or Thomas Edison or Warren Buffet.
They siezed business and industrial opportunities via what is essentially corruption favored by the government
“You certainly post as if this is fact...”
Not sure about these specific companies, but this tactic is basic “tradecraft” for intelligence agencies, here in the US, in Russia, and probably everywhere. The CIA has countless “private” companies that are actually fully controlled by the agency, which can be used to farm out dirty work so it can’t be traced back to the government. Victor Marchetti exposed the use of these infamous “Delaware corporations” back in the 70s.