Russian hacker will ask for the ECtHR to prevent his extradition to the U.S.
Natalia Dobrovolskaya. A citizen of Russia Vladimir Drinkman will ask the European court of human rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg to prevent his extradition from the Netherlands in the United States and disputes in the ECtHR decision of the Dutch court on Tuesday denied his request to serve his prison term in the Netherlands, said Last news his lawyer Bart Stapert.
Drinkman accused in the U.S. of belonging to hacker attacks and the theft of More than 160 million credit card numbers.
"We're going to appeal because the European Convention on human rights, in which We explain that the Netherlands are obliged to minimize harm to the right of Drinkman on family life," he said. According to him, not so long ago was this judicial practice." We ask the European court (ECtHR) to block the extradition and charging the Dutch Minister of justice to discover the way in which intervention in the family life of Drinkman will be minimal, " said the lawyer.
According to Stapert, " maybe We will file the appeal tomorrow." We will ask the court to connect immediately. I hope that by the end of the week we will have an answer on this request, " said Tapert.
According to the lawyer, they will ask the court " about the so-called interim measure, which is the immediate requirement for the Dutch government not to extradite Drinkman "." This is what We will achieve, " said he.
By assumption the investigation, the citizens of Russia Vladimir Drinkman, Alexander Kalinin, Roman Kotov, Dmitry Smilianets and Ukrainian Mikhail Rytikov for seven years penetrated computer networks of major U.S. and international organizations, of which downloaded data is not less than 160 million credit and debit cards, which are then resold to third-party buyers. The Prosecutor calls a hacker attack the largest in U.S. history.
Charges four Russians and a Ukrainian citizen was charged in absentia by a court of the U.S. state of new Jersey. Smiljana and Drinkman in 2012 turned out to hold the authorities of the Netherlands. In September 2012, Smilianets was extradited to the United States, where he appeared before the court on which said about his innocence, and until now placed under arrest.