MOSCOW (Reuters) – The Russian Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday it had issued an official protest to the United States demanding immediate release of a Russian citizen detained last week on hacking charges.
Moscow accused Washington of kidnapping Roman Seleznev who was detained at an airport in the Maldives and accused of hacking into U.S. retailers’ computer systems to steal credit card data.
The arrest of the 30-year-old son of a deputy in Russia’s lower house of parliament has increased tensions between the two countries, already at their worst since the end of the Cold War over the Ukraine crisis.
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Source: Newsweek
