MOSCOW - Russia's former atomic energy minister, who was extradited from Switzerland eight months ago, was released from detention Friday to face trial on charges of defrauding the government of hundreds of millions of dollars.
Yevgeny Adamov had been arrested in Switzerland in May last year after being indicted in the United States for expropriating $9 million in U.S. aid intended for security improvements at Russian nuclear plants.
He was extradited to Russia at the end of December. Russian officials had opposed his extradition to the United States, arguing he should face trial in his home country.
A smiling Adamov walked free from Moscow's Matrosskaya Tishina …
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