MOSCOW, May 5 (RIA Novosti) - Pavel Borodin, the state secretary of the Union State of Russia and Belarus said at a news conference in Moscow today that Yevgeny Adamov, a former Russian minister of nuclear energy, had been arrested for political reasons.
Borodin himself was arrested in New York's Kennedy international airport in January 2001 at the request of Swiss prosecutors who suspected him of laundering $25 million. He was subsequently handed over to Swiss authorities and later released on bail. Eventually he voluntarily testified to Swiss investigators, and the case against him was closed in March 2001.
Borodin believes Russia should intervene on Adamov's behalf. "He is a minister, although a former one, and Russia should make its position known," he said.
