Governor of the Krasnoyarsk Territory Alexander Uss announced his resignation.
In his Telegram channel, the official wrote that President Vladimir Putin offered him «a job at the federal level.» At the same time, Uss noted that he plans to «deal with the issues of socio-economic development of our region.»
Alexander Uss's son Artem is accused by the US authorities of smuggling military technology, purchasing dual-use electronics, and organizing schemes to sell Venezuelan oil through front companies. He and four other Russians were detained in Italy last October.
At the end of March, a court in Milan approved the extradition of Uss to the United States. After that, the man escaped from house arrest in the city of Basiglio. The Italian authorities assume that the Russian special services helped him escape.
Immediately after Uss was detained in Italy, a criminal case was opened against him for money laundering in Russia, he was arrested in absentia and put on a wanted list. This was probably done in order to extradite the man to his homeland. On April 4, the Russian court changed the preventive measure for Uss to a written undertaking not to leave the country.