Russia appears to have tried to tie fate of Naama Issachar with that of Aleksey Burkov, a Russian who faces U.S. hacking charges. Russia has never extradited one of its citizens to face computer crime charges abroad. While Moscow’s counter-extradition strategy might make for good PR, thus far it’s done nothing to keep their citizens from ending up in the United States. Other nations have been engaged in a tug-of-war over one suspect.”]
Source: https://www.cuinfosecurity.com/blogs/soviet-tactics-russia-tries-prisoner-swap-for-hacker-p-2814