Alleged Hacker Held in Prague at Center of 'intense' US-Russia Tug of War

Yevgeniy Nikulin faces extradition requests from both countries amid lingering disquiet over Moscow’s alleged interference in the US presidential election

An alleged computer hacker being held in the Czech Republic is at the centre of an international legal tussle between the United States and Russia amid lingering disquiet over Moscow’s alleged interference in the recent US presidential election.

Yevgeniy Nikulin, 29, faces extradition requests from both countries after being detained by Czech police on an Interpol arrest warrant issued by US authorities.

Nikulin, a Russian citizen, was arrested in a restaurant in Prague on 5 October shortly after arriving in the city during a holiday with his girlfriend.

Russian alleged hacker arrested in Prague over cyber-attacks in US Read more A federal court in Oakland, California, followed up with an indictment charging him with offences relating to the hacking of computer networks belonging to LinkedIn, Dropbox and Formspring and formally requesting his extradition to the US.

He faces a maximum 30 years in prison and up to $1m in fines if convicted on charges including computer intrusion, aggravated identity theft, conspiracy, damaging computers and trafficking in illegal access devices.

There is no acknowledged link between Nikulin’s alleged offences and the hacking of Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, but his arrest came just three days before the Obama administration formally accused Russia of stealing emails from the Democratic National Committee and disclosing them through WikiLeaks.

Formspring, one of the sites he allegedly hacked, was the platform used for sexting by Anthony Weiner, the former New York mayoral candidate and husband of Huma Abedin, Clinton’s closest aide. The discovery of emails linked to Clinton on Weiner’s laptop damaged her campaign in its final two weeks after the FBI director, James Comey, revealed their existence.

So all the uproar, all the screaming, all the hand wringing by the Democrats about “Hacking our election process”, is about who hacked Clinton's Campaign Chairman's email account.

Why? Only because the American public learned through the hacking how vile and repulsive Hillary and her campaign were. They discovered that the MSM was the right hand of the Democrat Party, and had created “FAKE NEWS”, fake polls, and fake stories about her popularity. This did not change one, not one Liberal Democrat vote.

Through the hacking the American people discovered the lies, the subterfuge, trickery, deceit, deception, dishonesty, and fraud of the Democrat Party. The party was and the MSM truly revealed as truly evil.

So now they scream, shout, and throw temper tantrums because their true nature has been revealed. Everything in the news is an attempt to cover up their duplicity, and somehow get the American people to be confused and forget about the revelation, and go after the messenger.

All stops have been pulled out and they are calling for outright rebellion and lawlessness.

Everything that is good and noble is dragged through the mud, and the main object of their rage is the President of the United States and his Deplorables.

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