According to Adamov, his fears are based on the fact that "U.S. authorities have not used the opportunity to hear [him] in court as a free person."
"[The Americans] do not need me in court," he said in an interview with Echo Moscow radio station. "As a matter of fact, they do not need a trial at all."
"They need a bearer of state secrets forcibly brought to the United States with his hands tied," he added. "You have to figure out the reason why on your own."
Adamov also said the main reason U.S. authorities were seeking his extradition was "to prove that the power elite in Russia is deeply corrupted, and it is unthinkable to leave such a country with large nuclear potential without control."
The Americans are pursuing the same goal with the scandal surrounding the corruption of Russian diplomats involved in the Oil for Food program, the ex-minister added.
Adamov said his fears about extradition to the United States "should concern those people in Switzerland who will be making the decision." (more)
