HELSINKI (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 02nd January, 2019) The court of the Finnish city of Vantaa will consider on Wednesday extending arrest of Russian national Mira Terada , born in 1988 under name of Oksana Vovk, detained earlier in the month at US request, human rights activist Johan Backman told Sputnik Tuesday.
" At 2 p.m [12:00 GMT], the court of the city of Vantaa will hear the case of Russian citizen Mira Terada, who, together with her lawyer Yokhanna Karvinen, will seek release from prison on her own recognizance, at least until receiving documents from the United States," Backman said.
On December 15, Terada was detained under an Interpol warrant in Helsinki Airport - Vantaa as she was going to Spain from St. Petersburg with a transit stop in Finland. She is wanted in the United States on drug trafficking and money laundering charges, which the Russian national denied.
The United States have 45 days to file an extradition request. If the US authorities fail to submit the request to Finland, the detainee will be released.
