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Armenia Detains Russian Tourist on U.S. Warrant for REvil Hacker, Lawyers Say Wrong Man

The Hacker News
· July 17, 2026

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Armenia is holding a Russian tourist, Aleksandr Ermakov, in detention based on a US extradition request. The request identifies Ermakov as a suspect in a REvil ransomware case. However, his lawyers claim he is the wrong person. Ermakov was taken into custody at Yerevan's Zvartnots airport on June 28. His wife, Maria Yurova, reported that border officers used a photo from his VKontakte page to identify him before detaining him. Ermakov has been in detention since then.

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