Former investor: Putin turns Russia "criminal state"

From the sound of this, Putin has turned Russia into a police state:

Russia has now turned into a "criminal state", according to the man who was once its leading foreign investor.

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"When Putin first showed up and said he was going to tame the oligarchs, I was the biggest fan of that particular concept. Then I realised that what he meant by taming the oligarchs was sticking law enforcement people in their place," he says.

"Now, you have a bunch of law enforcement people who are essentially organised criminals with unlimited power to ruin lives, take property and do whatever they like and that's far worse than I have ever seen in Russia before. Russia is essentially a criminal state now."