> A lot of the fraud and laundering happening after the Russian invasion of Ukraine is definitely something Russia is doing to earn some extra cash and hurt the

> A lot of the fraud and laundering happening after the Russian invasion of Ukraine is definitely something Russia is doing to earn some extra cash and hurt the West. That's like saying that US-made guns fueling cartel violence is 'America doing something to earn some extra cash, and to hurt Mexico'. It's ridiculous, and not accurate. It's just economically-rational actors trying to make money, and taking advantage of legislative and enforcement arbitrage. This kind of arbitrage exists any time two different systems interact with eachother. Foreigners, and foreign criminals are not some weird hive mind in cahoots with their state.