Not the Russian government. Not officially. But the Russian President and his oligarchs had ties to the mob, and they had personally shared in the billions made from selling everything from weapons to human beings. The Russian mafia was completely without ideology, without scruples. Without brakes. What they did have were arms, contacts, money. They would sell anyone anything. From plutonium to anthrax. From child sex slaves to organs. They’d get into bed with the devil, then make him breakfast, if necessary.
