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Former Russian Official Could Be Tried in U.S.
Former Russian Nuclear Energy Minister Yevgeny Adamov is to be extradited from Switzerland to the United States, where he is accused of embezzling $9 million in U.S. nuclear safety aid to Russia, the Washington Post reported today (see GSN, Sept. 7). Adamov and a U.S. partner are charged with conspiracy to transfer stolen money and securities, conspiracy to defraud the United States, money laundering and tax evasion, according to a federal indictment. The Swiss decision to extradite Adamov to the United States was “a serious blow to our country’s prestige,” Viktor Ilyukhin, the deputy head of a Russian parliamentary committee on security issues, told Interfax yesterday. “The U.S. needs Adamov as a source of information,” Ilyukhin said. “Parliament believes that the U.S. will be interested in having an ex-Russian minister at its disposal as a source of secret information of great interest for U.S. intelligence services.” The Russian general prosecutor had charged Adamov with fraud and abuse of office, requesting that he be extradited to Russia, the Post reported. If Adamov were turned over to Moscow, he could no longer be extradited to the United States due to his Russian citizenship. However, he could be sent to Russia after facing the U.S. charges, the Swiss Justice Ministry said yesterday in a statement explaining its decision (Peter Finn, Washington Post, Oct. 4).
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