HELSINKI, Sept. 16 (Xinhua) -- 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.
