The son of the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory was arrested in Italy in the case of money laundering and evasion of sanctions: Details

Artyom Uss was arrested in Milan on October 19. In addition to Artyom UPS, Yuri Orekhov, Svetlana Kuzurgasheva, also known as Lana Neumann, Timofey Telegin and Sergey Tulyakov, are held in the case. They are accused of "various crimes related to the work of the global purchase network, smuggling and laundering money."

RBC, citing the office of the Prosecutor of the Eastern District of New York, writes that the USS-Jr. and nuts were co-owners of the German company Nord-Deutsche Industrieanlagenbau (NDA), which traded industrial equipment and raw materials. The accusations were also brought by two oil oil industry from Venezuela.

The defendants are charged with illegal oil transactions with a suction company and the purchase of prohibited goods from the defense sector and selling them to Russian companies under sanctions.

Alexander the USS commented on information about the detention of his son. In the Telegram channel, the governor wrote that "the political color of these accusations is obvious."

“The supply of petroleum products, public equipment and technical means that are freely sold and bought around the world is suddenly declared the American authorities illegal. Why? Just because it is done for the good of Russia. ”

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, said that the accused was taken "hostage for political purposes." Artem SAS himself declared his innocence. RIA Novosti was informed about this by his lawyer. According to the lawyer, while there are no documents about the arrest - there is only a request for him. The case file should come from the United States to Italy "in the coming days." Now the USS-Jr. is in prison in the city of Bosto-Arsitius near Milan and is waiting for extradition in the United States. If the USS is transferred to the American authorities, he faces up to 30 years in prison.

Artem the USS is a non -public figure and in the public domain there is little that can be found. He is 40 years old. Kommersant reports that he graduated from the Law Faculty of Siberian Federal University. According to the publication, from November 2014 to July 2019, he owned the Siberian Land company, which is engaged in the purchase and sale of real estate. Also, according to the SPARK-Interfax, Artem UPS owns 38% of Sibugol in the Balakhtinsky district. In addition, the media report his possible involvement in the hotels of San Diego and Don Diego on the Italian island of Sardinia. The USSA lawyer also stated that he had “activity” in Italy, however, which one is not specified.