The prosecutor's office of Milan reported the details of the escape from house arrest of the son of the Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory of the Russian Federation, Artem Uss, suspected of smuggling weapons, writes La Repubblica.

A 40-year-old man escaped from house arrest in Basiglio on March 22, a day after the Court of Appeal gave the green light for his extradition requested by the US.

Uss managed to leave Italy in a few hours.. The police assume that he changed several cars and, using false documents, crossed the border and entered Slovenia. Then he drove to Serbia, and from there - probably by plane - returned to Russia.

As established during the investigation, the son of the head of the Krasnoyarsk Territory, close to Putin, was helped to escape by at least six to seven people..

Some of them, police said, have already been identified, others are still being identified..

The prosecutor's office is also investigating the involvement of Russian intelligence officers in the flight.. It was they, according to the Italian law enforcement officers, who organized and led this “jewelry” operation to take Uss out of Italy..

On April 4, Uss himself wrote that he was in Russia and thanked those who helped him return home.

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" I'm just glad that my son Artem returned home. And for this I thank Vladimir Putin: he is not only our president, but above all, he is a man with a big and generous heart,” Uss Sr. said in a video message..

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At home, they tried to get Uss out of prison abroad, arresting him in absentia allegedly in a case of money laundering on an especially large scale and turning to an Italian court with a request for extradition.