Russia's former nuclear power minister arrested in Switzerland for money-l

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http://english.pravda.ru/accidents/21/96/383/15415_adamov.html

Russia's former nuclear power minister arrested in Switzerland for money-laundering
05/05/2005 15:43
It is not ruled out that the former minister has been arrested on account of his business in the USA

Russia's former Nuclear Power Minister, Yevgeny Adamov, has been recently arrested in Switzerland on the allegation of fraud and money laundering. Adamov's lawyers said that the official would be extradited to the USA, where a criminal file had been filed against the Russian official.

The details of Mr. Adamov's case are not known yet. Yevgeny Adamov was arrested in Bern according to the requirement from US authorities on May 2nd, where he was supposed to settle the question of freezing his daughter's accounts. Details of the matter with bank accounts have not been clarified.

The criminal file against the former Russian minister was filed in Pittsburg: Yevgeny Adamov is a co-owner of a company, which was registered there. According to the scandalous amendment of the anti-corruption struggle of the Russian State Duma, Mr. Adamov also owns a $200,000 house in Pittsburg. No visitors, but lawyers, are currently allowed to the arrested Russian official.

The former Russian minister is suspected of embezzling nine million dollars, which the US Energy Department assigned to improve Russia's nuclear security. According to certain sources, the claims touch upon the contracts, which Mr. Adamov concluded when he chaired Russia's Dollezhal Research Institute in the beginning of the 1990s. Adamov's lawyers stressed out that the case pending does not touch upon Yevgeny Adamov's activity on the position of the nuclear power minister.

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ok the punchline is at the end

The US government accused Russia's Dollezhal Research Institute of handing over nuclear technologies to Iran in violation of international restrictions. Yevgeny Adamov was the director of the institute at the moment, when the incident occurred.

Someone has been a Nottie Russian Nuclear scientist!!!