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Czechs Extradite Russian Hacker Suspect to U.S., Snubbing Moscow

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  • Yevgeniy Nikulin seeks medical treatment, public defender says
  • Nikulin is charged with hacking LinkedIn, Dropbox in 2012
A Russian flag flies above the residence of the consul-general in Seattle on Mar. 26, 2018.

A Russian flag flies above the residence of the consul-general in Seattle on Mar. 26, 2018.

 Photographer: David Ryder/Bloomberg

A Russian citizen accused of hacking LinkedIn and Dropbox in 2012 appeared in a U.S. courtroom and was ordered to undergo a medical evaluation after being extradited from the Czech Republic in a move that may increase diplomatic tensions between Washington and Moscow.

Yevgeniy Nikulin, 30, who’s repeatedly denied the hacking allegations, “has a number of medical issues and is hoping to go to the hospital,” his public defender told a federal judge in San Francisco at a hearing Friday.