Tinker, Tailor, Hitman, Spy?

Source CEPA: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX_tZR6-lHY

Is he a diplomat? Or is he a hit man? Is it an intelligence service? Or is it a crime syndicate? Is it a state? Or is it a mafia?

I ask these questions because something caught my attention this week that highlights the nature of Vladimir Putin's Kremlin regime and undermines the logic of those calling for rapprochement with Moscow.