[coolspot]

There is a possibilty that Russia reports that through Interpol Cybercrime or via diplomatic channel, then FBI will have to investigate and possibly lock up Brandon.

[foverzar]

No, this mechanism is simply not working.

Western politicians and public media have been bashing and portraying Russia as "a haven for hackers" for some time now, but it's not like the US is any better from Russian perspective.

Russian law enforcement has huge stacks of unsolved cybercrime cases, that are essentially blocked by lack of cooperation from a foreign counterpart.

[mannerheim]

No reason for the West to cooperate when Russia doesn't either.

[foverzar]

And no reason for Russia to cooperate when the West doesn't either.

Welcome to global politics, where the leaders of the world's superpowers can't do any better than kindergarten-level "no you!" argument.