INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Italy on Friday arrested a Russian national suspected of helping the son of a former regional governor in Russia escape house arrest while
awaiting extradition to the United States on charges of illegally exporting military technology.The Russian national allegedly arranged for
his extradition to the United States.Uss was detained at Milan Malpensa airport in October 2022 after the U.S
issued a warrant for his arrest, with Washington accusing him of being involved in illegal schemes to export American military technology to
Justice Department said some of the equipment had been "discovered on the battlefields of Ukraine."Despite wearing an electronic tracking
bracelet, Uss went missing from his residence in Italy last year and several days later announced he was back in Russia.Milan public
members of the gang who subsequently carried out the escape."Prosecutors said the 54-year-old, who is a Swiss resident and whose name they
have not made public, was in constant contact with Uss's family "in order to control the organization and execution of the
exfiltration."Italian media identified the man as entrepreneur Dmitry Chirakadze, co-founder of the Pravo.ru group, which provides
assistance to Russian court websites.While not naming the suspect, the Milan public prosecutor's office described the man as an aristocrat
descended from a grand duke of Georgia
He is also a shareholder in "numerous Russian companies with the involvement of members of the Uss family," it added.The five men who
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