A Milan court approved a motion this week to extradite Russian businessman Artyom Uss, 41, who is accused of smuggling Venezuelan oil and sensitive U.S. military technology to Russia, some of which ended up on the battlefield in Ukraine.
Artyom Uss, the son of a Russian regional governor who was set to be extradited from Italy to the United States to face charges of violating an embargo against Venezuela and bank fraud, has escaped from house arrest near Milan, Italian media reported on March 23.
European Union leaders have endorsed a plan for sending Ukraine 1 million rounds of artillery ammunition within the next 12 months to help the country counter Russia’s invading forces.
A court of appeals in the Italian city of Milan has approved a motion to extradite Artyom Uss, the son of the governor of Russia's Krasnoyarsk Krai region, to the United States, where he may face up to 30 years in prison on charges of sanctions evasion and money laundering.