The Russian Deep State, deep pockets and Transnational Organised Crime – are the Israeli links being missed? By Euan Grant
An important features of the relationships between the ex - Soviet States and The West is that many persons in these states are entitled to multiple citizenships across the ex -Soviet States and beyond. Political and business elites in the former soviet States do make use of this, and so do their criminal counterparts. The significance of such use is often seriously underestimated by western governments and law enforcement and financial regulatory agencies.