Since the 60s American criminals only had to flee to Europe and tell everyone they met that the CIA set them up. Then nearly everyone would fall over themselves aiding their escape.
It turns out that the CIA was blamed for just about everything when the KGB was really doing it.
Some interesting facts came out from cold war era KGB agents after the fall of The Soviet Union.
I’m not surprised by that.
I remember reading the Soviet Union wasn’t a govt as we would understand it but an organized crime syndicate.
There was a period of relative openness in the 90's. Now it is long since over. There was no fall, really, just a tactical maneuver.