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Well, half of London luxury properties are owned by Russians. Some are certainly successful businessmen (Russia is a huge market) but many of them are regular gangsters and crooks who became "oligarchs". Same in Switzerland, Spain etc.
European countries took the attitude of "if Russia lets the money out, it's all fine" and they did exactly the same with some of the most corrupt African regimes. Money is money, but that was strategically stupid.