MOSCOW, November 3 (RIA Novosti) — Lawyer of Vadim Mikerin, Russian businessman arrested in the United States, told RIA Novosti he would seek Mikerin's release before the trial.
"At the hearings on the arrest I will ask to release him [Vadim Mikerin] before the trial," Deng Kherson, Mikerin's lawyer, told RIA Novosti Sunday.
Hearings are scheduled for November 6.
Vadim Mikerin, the head of the TENAM Corp, which is the US subsidiary of Russia's state-owned uranium producer and trader Techsnabexport, was arrested in the United States on allegations of participating in a kickback scheme in exchange for granting uranium supply contracts to US citizens.
Mikerin is accused of receiving $1.7 million in bribes for granting three US citizens over $33 million in noncompetitive contracts with Techsnabexport. If found guilty, Mikerin faces a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison.
Techsnabexport, also known by its brand name of TENEX, exports enriched uranium product and uranium conversion to a number of key markets, including the United States, Mexico, China, South Africa, Japan and several European states.
