When one does an analysis of Russian non linear warfare one tends to not focus on Russian crime groups and how they are intertwined into Russia non linear warfare and Russian cyber warfare...
CRIMINTERN: HOW THE KREMLIN USES RUSSIA’S CRIMINAL NETWORKS IN EUROPE
Mark Galeotti
http://www.ecfr.eu/page/-/ECFR208_-_...N_EUROPE02.pdf
Quote in the article that one needs to fully understand.....
"In Russia we have power and protection...in Europe we have wealth and comfort"........
This quote also applies to the US....especially now in the Trump Russian connections investigation.....
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politi...cid=spartanntp
Something that is often overlooked in Russian non linear warfare is the key Russian "soft power"......money..."black money"....and plenty of it.....