Confirmation of the Russian Embassy – The arrest took place at Milan Malpensa Airport. Artem Uss and 4 other Russian citizens are accused of avoiding sanctions and money laundering. confirmation of the arrestEmbassy of the Russian Federation on Facebook. “The supply of petroleum products, public equipment and technical means, which are freely sold and bought all over the world, is suddenly declared illegal by the American authorities. Why? Only because it is for the good of Russia. The political connotation of these allegations is obvious,” Governor Alexander Uss wrote on Telegram.
They escaped sanctions for finding military equipment – Seven people are being targeted by the United States, alongside the five Russian nationals there are two Venezuelan oil traders, all accused of sanctions evasion and money laundering. Twelve charges against Russians Yury Orekhov, Artem Uss, Svetlana Kuzurgasheva, Timofey Telegin and Sergey Tulyakov, and Venezuelan oil traders Juan Fernando Serrano Ponce and Juan Carlos Soto. As reported by Tass. According to US investigators, the defendants are involved in “orchestrating a complex scheme to illegally procure US military technology and Venezuela-sanctioned oil.”
Now they face up to 30 years in prison – According to the US Department of Justice, Orekhov and Uss were arrested on October 17 in Germany and Italy, respectively, and are awaiting extradition. If convicted, the accused face a maximum of 30 years in prison. The US government has expanded the list of anti-Russian sanctions, adding a Russian citizen and two affiliated companies based in Germany and the United Arab Emirates, the US Treasury Department said. “Today, the US Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), in coordination with the US Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), named a Russian network that has procured sensitive military technology from US manufacturers and is… delivered them to Russian end users,” he said.
Within 45 days the court records – “Within 45 days – writes the Russian Embassy in Italy – the United States must submit to the Italian judiciary the file containing the wording of the indictment, which must be examined within 6 months”. According to the embassy, Artem Uss “has not expressed any complaints about the conditions of detention.” “The Consulate General of the Russian Federation in Milan has already held two meetings with Artem Uss, is in constant contact with his Italian lawyer and intends to continue to monitor this situation closely,” the Russian Embassy’s statement concludes.
Artem Uss is taken to Busto Arsizio prison – Artem Uss, son of Alexander Uss, Governor of Siberian Krasnoyarsk Krai, is in Busto Arsizio prison. His lawyer Vinicio Nardo said: At the moment the lawyer is waiting for the documents that contain the exact allegations for which the US has requested extradition. “When I heard that he was obviously on the ground like everyone else in prison,” the lawyer specified.
Artem Uss was on his way to Turkey – Artem Uss was blocked while boarding a flight to Istanbul (Turkey). The US Department of Justice has accused him of purchasing military equipment from US companies, smuggling millions of barrels of oil and laundering tens of millions of dollars for Russian oligarchs.