Russian Foreign Ministry against the extradition of a Russian hacker DJ

[Daniel]

The Foreign Ministry believes that a politically motivated hunt for "witches", "Russian hackers" and "agents of influence" has been going on in the United States for a long time. Moscow insists on the observance of the rights of the Russian citizen Denis Kaznacheev, arrested in the FRG, is categorically against his extradition to the United States, the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. The Foreign Ministry believes that a politically motivated hunt for "witches", "Russian hackers" and "agents of influence" has been going on in the United States for a long time. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is confident that a fair trial is impossible in such conditions. They also stressed that the Russian Federation insists on the observance of the rights of the Russian citizen, and noted that his detention by the FRG police at the request of the US authorities "raises serious concern."








The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, earlier expressed her hope that the FRG "would not follow Washington's lead," she added that Russia would take steps to prevent Kaznacheev's extradition to the United States.

On May 29, Russian DJ Kaznacheev was arrested in Berlin at the request of the United States, where he is accused of laundering more than $ 1 million. Kaznacheev himself does not admit his guilt and indicates that the case contains an ID (user identifier) and an IP (user address on the Internet), which have nothing to do with him.
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