MOSCOW, October 5 (RIA Novosti) - The Russian Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that Switzerland's decision to extradite Former Russian Atomic Energy Minister Yevgeny Adamov to the United States will affect Russian-Swiss relations, calling the ruling "incomprehensible and disappointing". On Wednesday, the Swiss charge d'affaires in Moscow was informed of the Russian Foreign Ministry's objection to the Swiss Federal Justice Department's decision.
The Swiss diplomat was told the Russian side considered the decision to be unjust and went against repeated strong arguments in favor of extraditing Adamov to Russia, the Russian Foreign Ministry said.
U.S. authorities accused Adamov and his business partner Mark Kaushansky, a U.S. citizen, of embezzling $9 million allocated by the U.S. government for implementation of nuclear security projects in Russia. Russia sent an extradition request to Switzerland on May 17 after he was arrested in Bern May 2 upon the request of the United States, which accused Adamov of embezzling $9 million.
The Russian Prosecutor General's Office has accused Adamov of fraud and abuse of office.
