Brno, April 3 (CTK) – The Czech Constitutional Court revealed nothing that would challenge the independence of the American judiciary in the case of Russian Yevgenyi Nikulin, charged with hacking social networks, the court said in its verdict released on its website today. The U.S. extradition request was well founded, the court said in ...
Prague, April 3 (CTK) – The Senate security committee condemned today President Milos Zeman for having asked the BIS counter-intelligence to check whether the Novichok nerve agent was developed or stored in the Czech Republic and for his interference in alleged Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin’s case. The committee said these activities were security and ...
Prague, March 30 (CTK) – The Czech Republic has extradited suspected Russian hacker Yevgeni Nikulin to the USA, and the plane with Nikulin, who was also wanted by Russia, left the Prague airport last night, Justice Ministry’s spokeswoman Tereza Schejbalova has announced on Twitter. The Czech police detained Nikulin in October 2016 based on ...
Prague, March 27 (CTK) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan believes that the Czech Republic will extradite alleged Russian hacker Yevgenyi Nikulin to the United States, he told a press conference following a speech he delivered in the lower house of Czech parliament today. Russia applied for Nikulin’s extradition as well. ...
Prague, March 16 (CTK) – Alleged Russian hacker Yevgenyi Nikulin who faces extradition to the United States or Russia has no right to Czech asylum, the Prague Municipal Court ruled today. Judge Dana Cerna said the only reason why Nikulin complained against the Interior Ministry’s decision not to grant asylum to him seems to ...
Brno, March 13 (CTK) – Suspected Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin cannot be extradited for prosecution abroad for now as the Czech Constitutional Court (US) has suspended the execution of a Prague court’s decision on the extradition admissibility pending its own decision on Nikulin’s complaint. The US decided on the adjournment in February, and the ...
Prague, March 9 (CTK) – Prime Minister Andrej Babis plans to replace Robert Pelikan (both ANO) with the flexible Petr Mlsna as justice minister in his next cabinet, daily Lidove noviny (LN) writes today, adding that President Milos Zeman wants to prevent alleged Russian hacker’s extradition to the USA in this way. Alleged Russian ...
Prague, March 7 (CTK) – The Czech Republic has appeared in a power game between the USA and Russia, both of which are demanding the extradition of alleged Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin to them, daily Lidove noviny (HN) writes today. The Donald Trump Administration considers the case the number one problem in Czech-U.S. relations, ...
Prague, Feb 23 (CTK) – President Milos Zeman has asked twice Justice Minister Robert Pelikan (ANO) to release to Russia alleged Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin, now detained in Prague pending the decision on his extradition to the USA or Russia, Pelikan told the server Aktualne.cz today. Pelikan said at the beginning of the week, ...
