The Italian newspaper La Stampa described the escape of house arrest by Artem Uss, the son of Krasnoyarsk Region governor Alexander Uss, as a “major failure for the security services” of the country.
“The escape clarifies this gap and illustrates the criminal world that the Italian investigative system is now investigating in vain,” the statement said. publications newspapers.
Oppression Corriere della Serain turn, he writes that Italian investigators identified at least four suspicious cars moving around the house where Uss was placed under house arrest the evening he fled.
The investigation revealed that six or seven people, almost all from Eastern Europe, who had left the territory of Italy with Uss, helped the son of the Krasnoyarsk governor’s escape. The newspaper writes that he probably reached Russia by plane from the Balkan Peninsula countries.
Online portal openHe writes that the son of the Krasnoyarsk governor “does not hesitate to criticize Italy,” citing the Russians’ statements about distrust of the Italian court.
“What is surprising (and will greatly anger the U.S. Embassy) is the complete lack of surveillance around him, being watched as a petty thief, not a strategic figure for Russian military operations,” the newspaper wrote. Republic.
The publication believes that the man managed to escape from house arrest in the suburbs of Milan, despite the electronic bracelet, thanks to the complicity of the Russian special services.
“The reference to ‘strong and trustworthy people’ seems to confirm the investigation’s version that points to the role of Russian agents 007,” La Repubblica says.
La Repubblica had previously written, citing sources, that Uss may have used a private jet and forged documents to escape. According to the information the investigation was able to gather, the Russian fled at 2:07 p.m. on March 22, disrupting the transmission of a signal on his electronic bracelet, with which authorities could track his movement. Then she cut the bracelet and got in the car with a certain guy.
The Sardinian edition of Cagliaripad also reported that Uss flew from Milan in a private jet and possibly with false documents. According to him, he may have flown to Sardinia. His next movements are unknown.
The publication claims that “it is becoming increasingly clear that the Moscow secret services were behind the escape of the USS.” Milan Today. “A man could not have devised such a perfect plan by himself. He has few acquaintances in Italy and Milan, and hardly any contact.”
Uss arrived in Russia
At the end of March, it was reported that the son of the head of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Uss Artem, who was detained in Italy on an American search warrant, managed to escape from house arrest in a suburb of Milan. On April 4, Artem Uss told the state agency RIA Novosti that he was in Russia.
“I’m in Russia! During these few particularly dramatic days, strong and reliable people were with me. Thanks to them,” he said. Uss claims he was “forced” to flee because he did not believe in the impartiality of Italian justice.
He also described returning to his homeland as a “victory” in the current international situation, where citizens of the Russian Federation are “played without rules”, albeit in such “non-standard way”.
The day before his escape, a first-instance court in Italy approved his extradition request to the United States on suspicion of illegally purchasing military equipment, selling oil on the black market, bank fraud and money order in violation of sanctions against Russia. Military technology from the United States to Russia.
US authorities believe USS companies buy electronics and ship them to manufacturers that are on the sanctions list for Russia. This includes modern semiconductors and microprocessors used in Russian missile systems, warplanes, guided munitions, satellites and radars. On these charges, Uss was threatened with thirty years in prison.
The son of the Krasnoyarsk governor was detained on October 17 at Milan’s Malpensa International Airport on an American arrest warrant. He was transferred from prison to house arrest in early December and was reported to have escaped on March 23.
In Russia, Uss Jr. A criminal case was brought against him, specifically under the article on large-scale money laundering by an organized group. The Meshchansky Court in Moscow imposed a sanction on his arrest in absentia, but only after Uss was detained in Italy.
The businessman’s lawyer, Vladimir Zherebenkov, made it clear that the case was “designed to get Uss out of Italy.”
“The easiest way to get him out of Italy is to file a criminal case. Who to extradite is already at the discretion of the court – Russia or the United States. The judge will look at which country Uss was charged with a more serious charge and was proven guilty, ”Zherebenkov said. skeptical,” he said.
Uss’ second lawyer, Aleksey Tikhomirov, told TASS that the man is now in Moscow, voluntarily taking part in the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation. The preventive measure was changed to a written commitment not to part.