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 it’s done nothing to keep their citizens from ending up serving time in the US. Some reports suggest that Burkov might also have ties with Russian intelligence, which he denies.”]
Source: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/blogs/soviet-tactics-russia-tries-prisoner-swap-for-hacker-p-2814