US EditionRussian jailed for life in Finland for Ukraine war crimes
- A Finnish court sentenced Yan Petrovsky to life in prison for war crimes committed in 2014 in eastern Ukraine, specifically for killing a wounded soldier and mutilating another.
- Petrovsky was found guilty on four of five charges connected to his role in the paramilitary group Rusich, which is aligned with the Wagner mercenary group.
- He was apprehended in Finland in 2023 at Ukraine's request while attempting to travel under a false identity.
- Petrovsky's attorney stated that he denied all charges and plans to appeal.
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Russia paramilitary unit leader sentenced to life for war crimes by Finland court
The Helsinki District Court in Finland on Friday sentenced a 38-year-old man to life for committing war crimes in Ukraine. Voislav Torden, 38, Russian-Norwegian (better known as Yan Petrovskiy) was a deputy leader of a neo-Nazi paramilitary unit called Rusich, during Russia’s first attacks on Ukraine in 2014. According to the prosecutors of Helsinki’s District Court, Petrovskyi was responsible for leading an attack on Ukraine’s eastern frontier …
Woislaw Torden was involved in a deadly attack on Ukrainian fighters, a court ruled. He boasted about it as early as 2015 against the F.A.Z.
Finland sentences Russian paramilitary commander to life in prison for war crimes in Ukraine
A Helsinki court has sentenced Russian neo-Nazi and former paramilitary commander Yan Petrovsky to life in prison on four counts of war crimes committed in eastern Ukraine, Finnish broadcaster YLE reported on Friday.
In Finland, a former leader of a Russian mercenary militia has been found guilty of war crimes in Ukraine. A court in Helsinki sentenced the man to life imprisonment.
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