Detained Russian citizen Yan Petrovsky is one of the leaders of the neo-Nazi group "Rusich", is under EU and US sanctions.
Border Guard Finland detained Russian Vojislav Torden (Jan Petrovsky), suspected of terrorist crimes in Ukraine – after the country's Supreme Court decided to immediately release him from custody.
The Finnish publication Yle reports this.
Coast Guard Deputy Commander Mikko Hirvi confirms that after Torden was fired, the Border Guard detained him under the Aliens Act and placed him in a temporary detention center.
“We will find out the conditions of his stay in the country,” Hirvi said.
Torden is included in the EU sanctions list under his former name Jan Petrovsky and is banned from entering Finland.
According to Natalia Malgina, who represents Torden’s interests, the Russian has a valid residence permit in Finland based on his wife’s studies. Malgina added that Torden has submitted an application for asylum, but its consideration has not yet been completed.
Remember, December 8th A Finnish court refused to extradite the leader of the neo-Nazi DSRG “Rusich” to Ukraine. The Supreme Court of Finland decided to immediately release Russian Vojislav Torden (Jan Petrovsky) from custody.
In July 2023, Finnish police detained a Russian man suspected of committing terrorist crimes in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions in 2014-2015. Detained Russian citizen Yan Petrovsky is one of the leaders of DSHRG “Rusich”. It is under EU and US sanctions.
Attacked ATO forces units
Since 2016, the Main Military Prosecutor's Office has been conducting an investigation into criminal proceedings against the leaders of the illegal armed group “Rusich”.
In particular, we are talking about the leaders of the formation “Sabotage and assault reconnaissance group “Rusich” of the rapid reaction group “Batman” of the terrorist organization “LPR” citizens of the Russian Federation Alexey Milchakov and Yan Petrovsky .
Those wanted were involved in armed attacks on units of the ATO forces, in particular, on September 5, 2014 near Shchastya, Lugansk region, as a result of which soldiers of the 24th separate assault battalion “Aidar” and the 80th separate airborne battalion were killed. assault brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Milchakov and Petrovsky were informed of suspicion of participation in a terrorist organization.
The scandalous neo-Nazi Milchakov himself previously told the details of the death of the so-called “militia commander” “Batman”, as well as about drug trafficking in Lugansk, organized by local mercenaries.
Who is Yan Petrovsky
Yan Petrovsky was born in St. Petersburg in 1987; in his youth he lived for a long time in Norway. There he was known for his connections in far-right circles. In particular, he participated in the Norwegian anti-migrant group “Soldiers of Odin”.
In addition, Petrovsky took part in the war in Syria as part of a group that fought on the side of the regime of President Bashar al-Assad.
In 2016, Norway deported Petrovsky to Russia due to threats to its security.
Jan Petrovsky, arrested in Finland, is currently under sanctions from the EU, USA, Switzerland, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and Ukraine. He was also banned from entering Finland.
The EU says that Petrovsky is responsible for actions that threaten the sovereignty and independence, as well as the security of Ukraine. According to the US Treasury Department, since 2022 Petrovsky has served as commander of the Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary group Rusich.
DSHRG “Rusich”: what is known
According to the GPU, “Rusich” was formed in June 2014 mainly from Russian citizens with sadistic inclinations, professing an outright neo-Nazi, fascist ideology, the main goal of which was the destruction of Ukrainians in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions.
“Rusich” has connections with the Russian PMC “Wagner”. The Russian neo-Nazi paramilitary group has been involved in the war against Ukraine since 2014, including after Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022.
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