Finland has apologized to President Vladimir Putin after its police accidentally put him on a blacklist of people with connections to criminal activity, SIA reports citing Moscow Times.
Seeking to avoid a diplomatic spat, Finland quickly removed Putin's name from the list, which is not public but whose inclusion of Putin was revealed by Finnish broadcaster MTV3 on Wednesday.
Police acknowledged the list existed and said Putin's 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.
Police said it was not immediately clear how Putin's name came to be included on the list, and it was being investigated. Finnish chief of police Mikko Paatero said the incident was regrettable.
"This kind of incidents are extremely exceptional, and not under any circumstance acceptable," he said in a statement.
Many Finns are wary of their powerful neighbor, having fought the Soviet Union in the Winter War of 1939-40 and the Continuation War during World War II.
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