INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Novosti news agency reported Tuesday, citing Artyom Oganov, an official at the Russian consulate in Almaty.Nikita Kislitsin, a department
head at Russian cybersecurity firm F.A.C.C.T., was detained by Kazakh law enforcement on June 22 following an extradition request by
Washington.United States authorities have accused Kislitsin of buying personal data obtained through the 2012 hack of Formspring, a
now-defunct social media site.Meanwhile, Moscow opened a criminal case against Kilitsin on similar charges.In late June, a Russian court
arrested him in absentia and filed its own request to Kazakhstan for his extradition."Kazakhstan refused the American request and agreed to
the Russian request," Oganov told RIA Novosti on Tuesday.The case is the latest court battle between Moscow and Washington for accused
both the United States and Russia to extradite an accused Russian spy posing as a Brazilian citizen.Kislitsin's employer, F.A.C.C.T., was
