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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lorenzo Tondo and agencies

Russian accused of smuggling military tech escapes house arrest in Italy

Milan’s Malpensa airport
Milan’s Malpensa airport, where Uss was detained on an international arrest warrant last October. Photograph: Piero Cruciatti/AFP/Getty Images

A Russian national accused of smuggling military technology has escaped house arrest a day after an Italian court agreed to hand him over to US authorities.

Italian authorities said Artem Uss, who was detained at Milan’s Malpensa airport on an international arrest warrant last October, broke his court-ordered electronic bracelet and left his house in Cascina Vione di Basiglio in the province of Milan.

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