A Milan appeals court on Tuesday
quashed an extradition order for a Russian architect arrested on
a warrant from Moscow a few months ago, who said he was being
"persecuted" for denouncing an allegedly corrupt powerful member
of the Duma.
The man had told the court "I'm a dead man in Russia".
The court ruled there was no evidence against the architect
in the Russian arrest warrant.
"I am constantly threatened, they keep calling my parents and
friends to try to get them to testify against me, they threaten
them and they tell them my struggle makes no sense and they will
succeed in obtaining my extradition and will kill me," said the
man, 48.
He applied for political asylum in Italy.
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