<story><title>Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, Czechs Say</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/world/europe/prague-russian-hacker.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tptacek</author><text>Czech Republic a member of European Union: Check!&lt;p&gt;Czech Republic a NATO Ally: Check!&lt;p&gt;Computer Crime Illegal In Czech Republic by Czech Law: Check!&lt;p&gt;Computer Crime Illegal In European Union: Check!&lt;p&gt;Bilateral Extradition Treaty Present Between US and Czech Republic: Check!&lt;p&gt;European Union Recognizes Validity Of Bilateral Extradition Treaties With The US: Check!&lt;p&gt;I am not clear on the basis of Russia&amp;#x27;s expectation that they&amp;#x27;re going to get their hacker back soon.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>tomashertus</author><text>Czech Republic, is supposedly a base of Russia espionage for European Union[1].  There are very close connections between our high-profile politics to people around Putin.[2] My guess is that he will be returned to Russia.&lt;p&gt;I recommend to read the profile published by Guardian last year on Czech president Milos Zeman.[3]&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.telegraph.co.uk&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;worldnews&amp;#x2F;europe&amp;#x2F;czechrepublic&amp;#x2F;11190596&amp;#x2F;Extremely-high-number-of-Russian-spies-in-Czech-Republic.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.telegraph.co.uk&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;worldnews&amp;#x2F;europe&amp;#x2F;czechrepubl...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[2] &lt;a href=&quot;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;praguemonitor.com&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;zeman-attend-conference-held-putins-friend-again&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;praguemonitor.com&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;10&amp;#x2F;zeman-attend-conference-...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[3] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;commentisfree&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;sep&amp;#x2F;15&amp;#x2F;milos-zeman-czech-republic-president-populists-post-communist&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theguardian.com&amp;#x2F;commentisfree&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;sep&amp;#x2F;15&amp;#x2F;milos-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>Russian Hacker, Wanted by F.B.I., Is Arrested in Prague, Czechs Say</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/20/world/europe/prague-russian-hacker.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>tptacek</author><text>Czech Republic a member of European Union: Check!&lt;p&gt;Czech Republic a NATO Ally: Check!&lt;p&gt;Computer Crime Illegal In Czech Republic by Czech Law: Check!&lt;p&gt;Computer Crime Illegal In European Union: Check!&lt;p&gt;Bilateral Extradition Treaty Present Between US and Czech Republic: Check!&lt;p&gt;European Union Recognizes Validity Of Bilateral Extradition Treaties With The US: Check!&lt;p&gt;I am not clear on the basis of Russia&amp;#x27;s expectation that they&amp;#x27;re going to get their hacker back soon.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>CiPHPerCoder</author><text>&amp;gt; I am not clear on the basis of Russia&amp;#x27;s expectation that they&amp;#x27;re going to get their hacker back soon.&lt;p&gt;That expectation probably has nothing to do with the law or legal means.</text></comment>