madrid spain high court say tuesday grant u.s. request extradite russian citizen peter levashov accuse u.s. hack offences include operate network infect computers use cyber criminals levashov 36 arrest holiday barcelona april u.s. prosecutors accuse run kelihos botnet network 100,000 infect devices use cyber criminals distribute viruses ransomware phishing email spam attack u.s. prosecutors seek 52-year jail sentence levashov deny charge spanish court say levashov three days lodge appeal extradition decision levashov fight extradition tell madrid court last week work president vladimir putin unite russia party last 10 years russia ria news agency report tell court investigators unite state would torture information political work send face charge go u.s. die year want get information military nature unite russia party ria quote say torture within year kill kill spanish court rule say levashov lawyers also allege political motivation behind u.s. request extradition real reason behind may programmer might hack u.s. elections u.s. intelligence agencies conclude kremlin orchestrate wide-ranging influence operation include email hack online propaganda discredit democratic presidential candidate hillary clinton help donald trump republican win white house last november kremlin deny allegations spanish court dismiss arguments put forward levashov lawyers extradition nothing prove respect allegations political motivation neither ... potential infringement accuse right life physical integrity court rule sad eight-count indictment hand federal grand jury connecticut april levashov charge cause intentional damage protect computer wire fraud russia lodge request levashov extradition spain ria report spanish court grant u.s. extradition russian hack suspect