On October 17th last year, a Russian man was arrested at an airport in Italy.

His name?

Artem Ouss.

Artem Ouss wasn't just a prominent Russian businessman, but he was a very politically connected businessman,

the most politically connected Russian to be detained in the West since the war in Ukraine started.

That's our colleague Margarita Stankati.

She says that Artem Ouss was wanted by the U.S. for allegedly smuggling military technology

into Russia.

His father also has close ties to Vladimir Putin.

The U.S. wanted Artem Ouss for his alleged crimes, and for another important reason.

He could be traded for an American detained in Russia.

So at a time when the U.S. is looking at potential prisoner exchanges, he was seen as a potentially

very valuable asset in that sense.

But that's not a possibility anymore.

In March, Artem Ouss fled Italy in an escape that involved Serbian gangs, swapping cars

across borders and a triumphant return to Moscow.

Welcome to the journal, our show about money, business and power.

I'm Kate Limbaugh, it's Friday, June 2nd.

Coming up on the show, how Italy caught and lost a Russian fugitive.

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