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another thing they do, when one of their agents/criminal affiliates is arrested, they invent a serious crime he did in Russia and demand extradition

a good example is the BTCe crypto exchange founder

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This is one way. But one more popular is to force anyone doing serious business to do things that are formally against the law, but you can't function without them (like payments to some officers). In this way you make sure everyone is controlled and you can threaten them easily, no need to invent everything as it's already organized. And if they don't comply, the case is practically ready.

as an Indian that explains so much....

If high profile enough they may find some excuse to arrest a US or EU citizen then “exchange” them.

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