It really does look like it. Big Oligarchy (Putin among them) saw our supposed “shining city on a hill” and paid their boy to set that city on fire, sabotage its foundations, and scare away the populace.
Assets are much cheaper, and less uppity, in times of chaos.
They’ve had difficulty convincing grand juries to indict in other sketchy cases. I have to wonder what super secret group of totally-not-ICE-officials this was approved by.