There's indications that the Russian intelligence services are intertwined with organized crime. The oligarchs get help laundering money out of the state, the intelligence services get untraceable money that they can use to bribe foreign assets and the organized crime syndicates get paid for their money laundering services and get a free pass from the authorities as long as they don't inconvenience those in power too much. Seems like one of the most impressive rackets in history.