Russian Sought By US for Tech Smuggling Escapes House Arrest in Italy

  • Milan court a day earlier approved Artem Uss’s handover to US
  • US prosecutors say Uss evaded sanctions, laundered money

The Palace of Justice in Milan, Italy.

Photographer: Francesca Volpi/Bloomberg
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A politically connected Russian who’s facing extradition to the US on charges of evading US sanctions and money-laundering escaped from house arrest in Milan after breaking his electronic bracelet.

Artem Uss, 40, the son of a Siberian governor, was accused by American prosecutors of being involved in a global network that illegally imported US technology to support President Vladimir Putin’s war in Ukraine.