Artem Os, the escape commando has been identified. The United States places the reward

Washington announced a reward for anyone who provides information leading to the arrest of the Russian citizen. The son of a politician very close to the Kremlin fled Italy in March after getting the green light for extradition to the United States. He was assisted by five men in four different cars, accused of trying to escape

Seven million dollars. It is the reward placed by the United States in exchange for the Russian citizen Artem USthe son of a politician very close to the leader Russian President Vladimir PutinWho fled Italy a year ago before being extradited to the United States, thanks to the help of a Serbian criminal gang, to stand trial in connection with the smuggling of military technologies. This is what the US State Department announced today. After a few minutes Republic It published details of the commando who helped the man escape: “There were five of them, in four different cars. They were moving in a column like a military or intelligence convoy. Fast, accurate and coordinated, from the inspections around Borgo Vioni to the crossing between the Gorizia and Slovenia borders. From there, Serbia, Hungary, north towards Belarus and finally towards Moscow.” All members of the group – Bosnians, Slovenes and Serbs – are accused of trying to escape.

Counts

In announcing the maximum reward for anyone who provides information leading to his arrest, the US diplomatic spokesman noted that there are four charges pending against US: criminal conspiracy to defraud a department or agency of the United States; Conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA); criminal conspiracy to commit bank fraud; Oil Smuggling Money Laundering Conspiracy and IEEPA Scheme.

Escape

The Russian, the son of the then governor of a wealthy region of Siberia and now a senator, was stopped at Malpensa Airport on October 17, 2022 while boarding Istanbul. He was arrested based on an international arrest warrant issued by the judicial authorities in New York. On November 25, 2022, the Milan Court of Appeal sentenced him to house arrest with an electronic bracelet in Basilio, Province of Milan. On March 21, 2023, the Court of Appeal decided to authorize his extradition to the United States. But the next day he escaped house arrest and reappeared in Russia in April, directly thanking his father, President Putin.

Court case

In July, the Court of Cassation closed the case, at least the judicial one, as many questions remained open regarding the leak. The extradition procedures failed due to the absence of the person required to be extradited from the territory of the Italian state. At the beginning of April, a few days after his return to Russia, the Russian Interior Ministry revoked the arrest warrant previously issued against USS. As he had noticed Antonio Taliajournalist from There is no place far away On Radio 24, it is “a method Russia is already using to ensure its agents return to their homeland.”

Penalties

A few weeks ago, the USS was listed among the new persons sanctioned by the European Union due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. His name appeared in the eleventh package of sanctions approved by the 27 member states in recent days, and he is described as “a prominent businessman operating in Russia in an economic sector that constitutes an important source of income for the government of the Russian Federation, and is responsible for the annexation of Crimea and the destabilization of Ukraine.” Artem Uss also financially supports and benefits the Government of the Russian Federation. In recent days, the man has also been included in the lists of persons subject to sanctions of Ukraine by presidential decree Volodymyr Zelensky.

Frozen assets

At the end of April, the Italian Treasury froze Artem Os’ assets in Italy. Among them: 40.1% of the capital of Luxury Sardinia, a company with a registered office in Luiri Porto San Paolo, in the province of Sassari, which in turn is owned by a Cypriot company based in Nicosia; Villa and garage in Basilio, in the province of Milan; Funds of just over 160 thousand euros in the Olbia branch of the Bank of Sardinia.

Father’s “promotion.”

In recent months, Alexander Os, who until recently was the governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, became a member of the Senate. As said above formish.netThe reasons for this new mission are not clear. He himself had announced this On telegram He thanked Putin “for his trust and support” and “to all those with whom we were in difficult times and who led us to common results and successes.” In the wake of the reappearance of the USS in Russia, VChK-OGPU, a Russian channel on Telegram that had proven during these months of the war to have excellent relations with Moscow intelligence, spread a rumor that the director of the infiltration operation was a former special forces officer. In the Italian army, he has lived in Moscow for more than six years.” The operation cost the father $2 million, again according to that Telegram channel.