Of course. This is why it's important for Americans and others in the free world to understand that there is no useful separation between authoritarian regimes and "private" companies there. They serve their masters, or else.
And these regimes exploit that perceived distinction to use oligarchs and companies like Huawei, or the Saudis & Russians buying English football teams, as extra-diplomatic tools of leverage. They serve or they would not exist.
You trust your nation's 5G infrastructure to China, or your cybersecurity to Russian software? Or let murderous princes flood your political & business environment with laundered cash and then commit murders on your soil. Why not? They bought it.
