GENEVA, May 7 (RIA Novosti, Yekaterina Andrianova) - The Swiss authorities have opened an investigation in connection with a money-laundering case involving the daughter of former Russian Nuclear Energy Minister Yevgeny Adamov detained by Swiss Police at the U.S. request.
According to the Swiss Telegraph Agency, the authorities have blocked Irina Adamova's personal bank accounts and the accounts that belong to her consulting company.
Irina Adamova's lawyer insists her case is not related to charges against her father pressed by the U.S. Department of Justice.
30-year-old Adamova has lived in Switzerland since 1992.
Adamov, who headed the Russian Nuclear Energy Ministry in 1998-2001, was arrested on May 2 at the request of the U.S. Department of Justice while he was visiting Bern. At present he is being detained in Bern awaiting extradition to the United States.
Switzerland has already asked the U.S. to present a formal extradition request, which takes 40-60 days to process. Meanwhile, Adamov was offered a quick extradition to the U.S. but refused to accept it.
Adamov and his business partner, U.S. citizen Mark Kaushansky, are being accused of diverting up to $9 million from funds intended to improve Russian nuclear security.
In the United States Adamov might face up to 60 years in jail and a $1.75 million fine.
