Yevgeny Adamov
Yevgeny Olegovich Adamov (Roushie: Евге́ний Оле́гович Ада́мов, born April 28, 1939) wis the heid o the Roushie atomic energy meenistry, MinAtom. He wis appointit bi Preses Boris Yeltsin in 1998 an oostit bi Preses Vladimir Putin in 2001.
Adamov, a nuclear physicist, then joined the Dollezhal Institute.
In 2005, he wis arrestit in Bern, Swisserland, on fraud chairges. The arrest wis made at the request o the Unitit States. The US accused Adamov o divertin up tae $9 million which the US Energy Department gave Roushie tae help improve security at its nuclear facilities. Extradition requests wur filed first bi the USA an then bi Roushie, which haes actively protestit the move bi the US. Adamov wis finally extraditit tae Roushie. The move wis widely covered as a successful ploy bi the Roushie government tae prevent Adamov frae tellin US authorities state secrets (an perhaps some creeminal secrets) that he ken.
On Februar 20, 2008, he wis convictit bi the Zamoskvoretsky court in Moscow, Roushie o fraud an misuise o pouer an sentenced tae 5.5 years o imprisonment.[1]
He wis released frae jail when his sentence wis suspendit bi a heicher-level court on Aprile 17, 2008.[2]
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Russia demands extradition of arrested minister, swissinfo, 19 May 2005.
- ↑ Yevgeni Adamov Sentenced to 5.5 Years of Prison, Kommersant, February 20, 2008.
- ↑ Yevgeni Adamov's conviction is now suspended, Kommersant, April 18, 2008.
