The U.S. justice Department has asked Russia to extradite three hackers with no extradition Treaty
Moscow. March 17. INTERFAX.RU — the U.S. justice Department asks Russia to extradite three citizens of Russia accused of cyber crime, despite the absence of an extradition agreement between the two countries, promise to provide defendants with all the rights they are entitled to.
“The US has no extradition agreements, but this shall not preclude and should not interfere with the Russian authorities to detain and extradite those accused of these serious crimes in the United States, where will be held the proper (legal) procedure, and they will be given all the rights enjoyed by defendants in our independent judicial system”, — said “Interfax” on Thursday evening on East coast time USA a Ministry of justice representative Marc Raimondi.
Earlier, the associated Press reported, citing its own sources that the judicial power of the United States charged with hacking attack on the portal Yahoo in 2014 two staff members of the FSB.
According to us media reports, two more defendants in the case — the hackers involved in hacking.
Press Secretary of the Russian President Dmitry Peskov said on Thursday that media reports about the involvement of four Russians, including the FSB, to cyber-attacks against Yahoo accounts cannot be regarded as accusations against the Russian state, Moscow is ready to cooperate in the field of cybersecurity.