In Italy, the former vice-governor of Kemerovo was arrested in the case of the flight of Artyom Usa

In Italy, in the case of the escape of the son of the former Krasnoyarsk governor, Artem Uss, 54-year-old Russian Dmitry Chicaradze was detained, ANSA reports . According to the Italian authorities, this is the leader of the group, which helped Usu Jr. escape.

According to Milan prosecutor Marcello Viola, the 54-year-old Russian is in custody. Chiracadze was detained at Milan Airport, where he flew with Sardinia, writes Corriere Della Sera. Investigators went to him, having studied phones, geolocations and flights of other suspects in this case.

Chicaridze is an entrepreneur, one of the creators of Prav.ru-a Russian company, the owner of the thematic Internet publication and developer of the same reference and legal system and specialized software for working with judicial practice materials. In 1997, he was appointed deputy head of the Kemerovo region Mikhail Kislyuk. He was also the chairman of the Council of creditors of the West Siberian Metallurgical Plant JSC (ZapSib).

In July 1997, an attempt in Moscow was made at Chicaridze. He was inflicted on several stab wounds in the entrance of his own house.

Artem SAS fled from house arrest in Italy in the spring of 2023. Before that, he was arrested in Italy at the request of the United States on October 10. The US Ministry of Justice accuses him of smuggling oil, exporting military technologies from the United States and laundering money. The USS himself does not admit guilt. At the trial, he said that he had never been in New York, and the United States was last visited 25 years ago at the age of 14.

The issuance of Artem USS was required by Russia. It was instituted to launder money on a particularly large scale by an organized group. Presumably, the Russian authorities thus tried to save him from the issuance of the United States. In April 2023, it became known that the USS is in Russia and he changed the measure of restraint for a recognizance not to leave.