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[jrimbault]

Question from a [mostly] ignorant person (me, about these subjets):

Why would russian intelligence use an oil company as a shell ? Does Russia sell oil to the US ? If so do they market directly to individuals in the US ?

[alchemism → jrimbault]

Yes. Yes. Lukoil gas stations.

[mygo → jrimbault]

you must not understand how deeply tied the oil companies in Russia are to their government. They are essentially the same entity.

[jrimbault → mygo]

That I understand, but it seems like oil companies don't market directly to _people_, that they would collect data on individuals they don't market to seems highly suspicious in and of itself.