media for autocratic flaunting. trump was his asset and the trump administration was a trans national crime syndicate masqueraing as a government. the kremlin was a key part of that. this is links between mafiosos, autocrats worldwide. now that his asset is removed from power, his primary concern is having the american public for getting that happened. his great route is to leverage media to issue these kinds of threats. it s aided by structural threats like the major cyber attacks that the kremlin has been levying against the u.s. through proxy organizations, but the biden administration needs to be much more aggressive about this, much more assertive about stating our values, hitting the oligarchs where it hurts, following the list of oligarchs that shut be hurt.