(Bloomberg) When Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin meet in Geneva on Wednesday, the summit’s Swiss hosts may find themselves caught in a dilemma. A Russian IT specialist with ties to the Kremlin is sitting in jail in Switzerland subject to a U.S. extradition request, causing a political headache for the authorities. Swiss courts have twice rejected appeals to free Vladislav Klyushin, who works with the Kremlin and Russian government ministries, after he was detained in March on a petition from U.S. federal prosecutors investigating alleged insider trading. His lawyer called the U.S. accusations a “pretext” for extradition. “My client considers this a politically motivated prosecution,” said Oliver Ciric, the lawyer. Klyushin’s work on IT solutions for Russian ministries means “he’s been acquiring confidential information that is of interest to U.S. intelligence,” Ciric said. The case risks becoming an irritant at the Putin-Biden meeting on June 16, which has drawn compar
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A Swiss prosecutor is probing Saudi king s $100 million gift to Juan Carlos I of Spain.
A Swiss prosecutor is probing whether the late Saudi king broke any laws when he transferred $100 million to a fund controlled by fellow royal Juan Carlos I of Spain in 2008.
Last month, a hearing was held behind closed doors in Geneva to discuss a legal opinion that prosecutor Yves Bertossa sought from scholars on whether the payment by the late King Abdullah could constitute a crime under Saudi law, according to documents seen by Bloomberg. Bertossa first solicited the advice in a July 23 letter to the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law.