History of persecution
3/2/2022
The task force KleptoCapture formed by DOJ officially declared the hunt for Russian elite family members
8/2/2022
Few western media outlets including "Important stories" in Latvia aimed Uss as a legitimate target referring to his family ties to Russian Governor Alexander Uss and business interests in western countries
9/26/2022
Secret US Federal indictment issued with arrest warrant of Uss in Eastern District of New York Court
10/17/2022
Uss arrested at Malpensa airport in Italy on the basis of conspiracy charges on sanction evasion against PDVSA, bank fraud and money laundering based on alleged US dollar payments for sanctioned PDVSA oil products
10/20/2022
White House Press Secretary Karin Jan-Pierre referred to Uss situation during interview signaling prisoner swap motives
11/14/2022
Italian authorities received the official request from US for Uss extradition
11/25/2022
Milan Court decided positevly on application of Uss lawyers for his house arrest with electronic bracelet
11/28/2022
US authorities condemned house arrest of Uss referring to flight risk and asking Italian government to interfere
12/2/2022
Uss de facto released from the custody and transferred from prison to the premises for house arrest
12/15/2022
OFAC included Uss in sanction list for his family connection to Russian Governor Alexander Uss as his elder son
2/27/2023
Milan Court of Appeal held hearing for Uss extraditon
3/17/2023
Guardia Finanza conducted search at Uss premises seizing electronic devices including the phone Uss was contacting his lawyers and credit cards. The search was authorized by special prosecutor on the request of US authorities outside the scope of extradition proceedings
3/21/2023
Milan Court of Appeal approved US extradition of Uss on US bank fraud and PDVSA sanction evasion counts inclusively ignoring the legal position of Italian prosecutor who never supported sanction evasion allegations against Uss
3/22/2023
Uss was exfiltrated from the place of his house arrest
3/24/2023
Uss lawyers filed the cassation appeal against his extradition to the Supreme Court of Rome
4/4/2023
Uss officially announced he is in Russia condemning his political persecution and hostage taking conformed by Italy and addressing to US authorities his availability to answer the questions in the scope of legal interaction
4/20/2023
Italian Justice Minister Carlo Nordio reported to Italian Parliament and promised to punish Uss for avoiding extradition to US with arrest of his family assets in Italy by all means
4/21/2023
Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance arrested the assets of Uss family referring to the Italian counter-terrorism Act of 2007
5/10/2023
Italian prosecutor appealed against Milan Court of Appeal decision to grant Uss extradion for sanction evasion allegations
6/23/2023
Uss included in EU sanction list by Italy’s nomination as the prominent businessperson acting in Russia and allegedly supporting Russian government. One of the major arguments was his father publicly announced gratitude to president Putin
7/6/2023
The Supreme Court of Rome terminated the cassation hearing of Uss extradition case referring to Uss absence in Italy
9/2023
Court in Hamburg released Uss alleged co-conspirator Orekhov from prison with his extradition to US apparently withdrawn
11/27/2023
Ukraine included Uss in the sanction list
12/5/2023
US and Italian authorities reported on the large scale investigation into Uss exfiltration. US State Department announced a 7 mln. bounty for information leading to the arrest/conviction of Uss including him in "TOCRP" organized crime reward program