Suspected hacker's extradition focuses attention on Israeli-American in Russian jail
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The Israeli Supreme Court on Sunday approved his extradition to the U.S., despite intense protests and a counter-extradition request from Moscow.Burkov’s case had not captured the headlines until April, when an Israeli citizen arrested while transferring through Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport was arrested for carrying 9 grams of marijuana — a comparatively small amount.Naama Issachar, a dual U.S.-Israeli national, got what many believe to be a sentencing wildly disproportionate to the crime: seven and a half years in a Russian penal colony.Issachar’s mother, Yaffa Issachar, told NBC News of her anguish at visiting her daughter in prison.This site is protected by recaptcha Privacy Policy | Terms of Service"About a week ago, I visited Naama after not being allowed to visit her for weeks.
As said here by Matthew Bodner, Paul Goldman