Crew involved in Russian escape job face arrest warrants in Italy

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Italian prosecutors have issued five arrest warrants for individuals accused of aiding a Russian escape from Milan and return to Russia at the request of Washington. The warrants are being executed in Brescia, Slovenia, and Croatia with the cooperation of Italian police, Eurojust, and US authorities. The Russian in question, Artyom Uss, escaped house arrest in March, despite wearing an electronic tracking bracelet. The US accuses Uss of participating in illegal schemes to export US military technology to Russia, some of which were discovered in Ukraine. Investigators discovered four cars were involved in smuggling Uss out of Milan and over the border into Slovenia. The warrants were for individuals from Bosnia, Slovenia, and Serbia. The State Department has announced a reward of up to $7 million for information leading to Uss’s arrest or conviction. Uss went missing the day after a judge ordered his extradition to the United States, and in April, he announced he was back in Russia.

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