Russia`s Prosecutor General`s office requested the extradiction of Evgeny Dogaev, a Russian citizen, who claimed to have been carrying a bomb on an Aeroflot passenger plane, forcing the airliner to land in Prague in late December.

The Airbus A321 had been flying Dec. 28 from Moscow to Geneva, Switzerland, when Dogayev allegedly tried to break into the cockpit, demanding that the plane fly to Egypt, and threatening to set off a bomb. There were 168 passengers on the plane. After landing he was arrested, his family was taken off from the plane but later went further to their vacation spot in Switzerland.

Police searched the plane for explosives, but none were found, and the plane took off for Geneva later that day

In Russia he can get up to 3 years of prison and according to Czech legislation he can get up to 15 years.
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