Kleptocracy; looks like some higher-ups in the Kleptocracy are being penned on this. Yes, similar things happen here and elsewhere but calling their leaders gangsters may well be the truth. Small businessmen and Self-Employed get a bad deal over there, possibly to the point of being imprisoned even.
Spain Issues Warrants For Top Russian Officials, Putin Insiders
A Spanish judge has issued international arrest warrants for several current and former Russian government officials and other political figures closely linked to President Vladimir Putin.
The named Russians include a former prime minister and an ex-defense minister, as well as a current deputy prime minister and the current head of the lower house of parliament's finance committee.
The Spanish documents detail alleged members of two of Russia's largest and best-known criminal organizations -- the Tambov and Malyshev gangs -- in connection with crimes committed in Spain including murder, weapons and drug trafficking, extortion, and money laundering.
But Spanish police also conclude that one of the gangs was able to penetrate Russian ministries, security forces, and other key government institutions and businesses with the help of an influential senior legislator.
Judge Jose de la Mata issued the arrest warrants in January but the action was not announced to the press until May 2.
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