Finland apologises for ‘mistakenly’ placing Vladimir Putin on the criminal register… but he doesn’t exactly look bothered as he rolls in the snow with his dogs
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | April 12, 2013 9:12
Finnish police have apologised after Russian President Vladimir Putin was mistakenly put on the country’s secret list of criminals.
The premier would have been arrested at the border had he tried to enter the country after he was added to the register for his contact with the Russian motorcycle gang Night Wolves.
Mr Putin is not suspected of committing a crime in Finland himself and a police spokesman said that his name had now been removed and an investigation launched into how it got there.
Tonight Finland quickly removed Putin’s name from the list which is not public and said his name was accidentally included, but had since been deleted.
‘I wish to extend Russia’s President Vladimir Putin sincere apologies for the incorrect registry entry,’ Interior Minister Paivi Rasanen said in a statement.
But the mistake doesn’t seem to have bothered the president much, as pictures were released today of him frolicking in the snow with his dogs.
We’re used to seeing Mr Putin taking any opportunity to cultivate his action man image in a series of macho poses, fly fishing bare-chested or diving into an icy river.
Dressed in a patriotic red and white Russia snow suit and wearing a warm-looking fur hat, the Russian premier looked at ease as he strolled in the forest snow close to Moscow with his fluffy pets, Yume, an Akita Iku, and Buffy the Bulgarian Shepherd.
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