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U.S. asks Finland to extradite Russian man

Xinhua, September 16, 2015 Adjust font size:

The United States has given a formal request to Finland asking the country to extradite a Russian citizen detained there.

The Russian man was detained on Aug. 8 in Finland when trying to cross the border into Russia. The Finnish action was based on a request from the United States as the Russian had been wanted by a U.S. court on account of alleged computer crimes.

Russia expressed indignation at the request and said Finland should not hand over the man to the United States.

Hannu Taimisto, a senior official of the Finnish ministry of justice, told local media that Finland would first ascertain whether the crimes attributed to the Russian individual are criminal in Finland as well. Endit