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I wonder what changed… they definitely did not try to hide. I bet they did something against Putin or refused to do something. And regarding extradition- if I’
by tlogan 5y ago
I wonder what changed… they definitely did not try to hide. I bet they did something against Putin or refused to do something.
And regarding extradition- if I’m in their shoes I will plead to be extradited to the US.
The higher one is in politburo the deeper one’s grave is.
- kgeist 5y agoThere have been precedents, I wrote about it just yesterday: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29913881 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29913881 Although not as high profile as REvil
- capableweb 5y ago> And regarding extradition- if I’m in their shoes I will plead to be extradited to the US. Where are you from? No one wants to be extradited to the US, not sure why these Russian people would be any different. Just look what happened to Manning. If you want to aim for a fair trial, you don't want to be extradited to the US.
- kgeist 5y agoHere in Russia, prison time is rarely more than 10 years, even for serious crimes like murder. Even terrorists sometimes get just 25 years. In the US on the other hand, it's not uncommon to hear that someone was sentenced to 400 years for some mere fraud. Also, they'd find themselves in a foreign, hostile environment.
- Muromec 5y agoThree or four, nobody important, necessarily, average men would do -- (someone at ФСБ few weeks before)