The Federal Criminal Court of Switzerland rejected an appeal to the decision on the extradition of the Russian businessman Vladislav Klyushin, arrested at the request of the United States, since he did not see in a political subtext. It is reported by RIA Novosti.
The court confirmed the decision taken at the end of June. “The appellate board recognizes (…) – in the complaint to the political crime will be denied. The appeal [on the decision on extradition] will be left without satisfaction,” the statement said. The court also rejected the petition for the liberation of a businessman.
In September, it became known that Kushino was suspected of involvement in the presidential election in the United States in 2016. The entrepreneur allegedly led the operation of the Russian special services to influence the electoral process, and also had a relation to the hacker attacks on the servers of the US Democratic Party, which then lost to Republicans. Materials in the case of Klyushin in the court of Massachusetts are classified.
Klycheli was arrested in Canton Valis at the end of March 2021 and took into custody in anticipation of the decision on extradition. June 9 it became known that the United States expects the extradition of the Russian. He is accused of trade secret information. According to the United States, Kushino and its accomplices received tens of millions of dollars in exchange for insides.