Alleged hacker behind LinkedIn breach at centre of US-Russia legal tussle

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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. Facebook Twitter Pinterest One theory is Nikulin ? even if not personally involved in the election hacking ? may know other hackers who were. ?He is unhappy about being detained for a long time in a foreign country and about the accusations against him. Adam Kopecky, Nikulin?s Czech lawyer, said his client denied both the US and Russian charges and suggested he had become a political pawn.