"This is a serious matter. There are anomalies in it, and the main one is the decision of the court of appeal to offer a transfer to house arrest with a motivation, in my opinion, controversial, "RIA Novosti quotes Meloni.

According to her, in this case, the danger of escape becomes more pronounced.

On March 21, 2023, a court in Italy approved the extradition of Artem Uss to the United States, but on March 23, the Italian newspaper ANSA reported that the man had left his place of residence in Milan, and the electronic bracelet that was put on him was broken. Corriere della Sera wrote that Uss escaped from arrest in Italy with the help of accomplices.

On April 4, the man reported that he had escaped and was in Russia.

Uss voluntarily came to the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia in Moscow, where he changed the measure of restraint from arrest in absentia to a written undertaking not to leave the place.