[Interesting take, but it would not at all surprise me that PedoClown, TheWhore, the US Congress, oligarchs, drug cartels, the M.I.C., the EU, and now Russia are all passing the hat to each other.
Or that PedoClown is not unsurprisingly also on the Russia Russia Russia payroll, in some 10% way (owned by China and the mafia and intelligence agencies, may as well get his cut from Russia, too).]
Putin’s not about to say Joe Biden’s on his payroll. Even if Biden was working against him. Putin has any number of foreign pols on retainer. The idea is to set them at ease about taking money from him. If they can help him, he appreciates it, and there’s more money where that came from. If not, maybe they can do business some other time. As king in all but name, Putin has a $1.5T economy he can work with to pay off people useful to him. A few million here and there is walking around money.