MOSCOW. March 17 (Interfax) - The Russian constitution contains provisions regulating the extradition of Russian citizens to foreign countries, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said when commenting on reports that Washington was demanding that Russia turn over its citizens suspected of carrying out a cyber attack on Yahoo user accounts.
"We have the constitution. It contains the relevant provisions. And you know which provisions I am speaking about," Peskov said when asked to air his attitude toward reports about the U.S. Department of State's demand that the Russian suspects be turned over.
The Russian constitution prohibits the extradition of Russian citizens to foreign states.
"I am unaware of any statements by the U.S. Justice Department containing any accusations against this or that institution of Russia's executive branch. There have been no statements bringing charges against the FSB [Federal Security Service]," Peskov said after being asked to comment on accusations made by Washington against a number of people, including Russian FSB employees.
Moscow "has not received any official information [about the new cyber scandal] at all," he said.