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GENEVA A Kremlin-linked Russian businessman fighting extradition to the United States from Switzerland is the victim of a U.S. political campaign that seeks to snare him on trumped-up insider trading charges, his lawyer said on Thursday.
The Swiss justice ministry said on Wednesday that police had detained Vladislav Klyushin, whose Russian company offers media monitoring and cyber-security services to clients including the Russian presidency and government, on March 21 on a U.S. arrest warrant.
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GENEVA A Kremlin-linked Russian businessman is fighting extradition to the United States following his arrest on a U.S. warrant issued over alleged insider…
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The Swiss government says a Kremlin-linked Russian businessman is fighting extradition to the United States following his arrest on a U.S. warrant issued over alleged insider trading.
The Swiss Justice Ministry said in a statement on June 9 that Vladislav Klyushin, the owner of M13, a Russian company that offers media monitoring as well as cybersecurity services, was arrested in Valais canton on March 21.
The case was first reported by a Swiss-based news portal specialized in covering economic crime. Klyushin is accused, with accomplices, of insider trading in the tens of millions of dollars, the statement said.
His lawyer in Geneva did not comment on the case.
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