It is a big no-no to make these stories public in terms of civilized diplomacy. It is something you can await from Zimbabwean or North Korean officials. FBI should have informed the Russian Foreign Ministry and make Medicaid sent them a bill. It is exactly how Russia, Germany, UK or any other civilized country does if any US diplomats are invovled in such a things abroad (and it happends much more often than one may think).
I don’t think any American businessmen will suffer as a result. It is simply not classy and Russians won’t act this way but you can see some incompetent CIA operators working in Russia exposed in the most humiliating way soon as a counterreaction.
Yep, this is something that one of the North Korean Kim types would do, or a five year old child. I figured that the Russians would only take action against US government connected citizens.
Notably, recently the US has been arresting foreign citizens for violation of US law and prosecuting them in US courts, when these foreigners have not been in US territory when the crimes were committed, or when arrested. Additionally, some of these foreigners have not committed any crime according to law in their home countries.
Not much has been said about this, but with the US losing influence and protection of International Law (UN), this is little more that kidnapping for hostage and extortion.
The Obama Rats think it only works one way, so far, historically that has never been true.