Supreme Court rejects Russian’s bid to block US extradition

Cyprus’s Supreme Court, sitting in its first-instance jurisdiction, has rejected a Habeas Corpus application filed by Serazhudin Actulaev, a 40-year-old Russian national, seeking to prevent his extradition to the United States on cyber fraud charges.

The Larnaca District Court had already approved the US extradition request on 11 May 2026, a year after Actulaev’s arrest. His only remaining legal option now is to file an appeal....