1.   Pavel Borodin, a former Kremlin property manager, was serving as head of the loose union between Russia and Belarus when he was seized on a Swiss warrant.

2.   A former member of the Israeli secret service was arrested in Italy last week on a Swiss warrant for allegedly planning the kidnapping.

3.   An Israeli, reportedly a former member of the Israeli secret service, was arrested by Italian police last week on a Swiss warrant for allegedly planning the kidnapping.

4.   He instead pocketed the money, according to the Swiss warrant for his arrest.

5.   U.S. Magistrate Viktor Pohorelsky also refused to release Pavel Borodin in January, after his arrest by the FBI on a Swiss warrant.

6.   U.S. officials arrested Borodin late Wednesday under a year-old Swiss warrant on money-laundering charges.