Ukraine continues to look for ways to detain and extradite a suspected Russian war criminal of the Rusich sabotage and assault reconnaissance group, neo-Nazi Voislav Torden (Jan Petrovsky).
This was stated by the Deputy Head of the International Legal Assistance Department of the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine Andrey Gulkevich in response to the Finnish court’s refusal to extradite a Russian war criminal.
— According to our legislation, he remains a suspect. The obligation to prosecute such persons is provided, in particular, by the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism 2005, which also applies to Finland, — he noted.
During 2023, the Office of the Prosecutor General sent 125 requests for the extradition of Jan Petrovsky to foreign countries. Among them — 20 requests were granted, another 15 — already rejected. Others are still under consideration.
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The Office of the Prosecutor General notes that one of the most common reasons for rejecting extradition requests is active hostilities on the territory of Ukraine. Some countries believe that Ukraine allegedly cannot properly ensure the conditions of detention of suspects.
It recently became known that the Supreme Court of Finland refused to extradite to Ukraine the leader of the Russian neo-Nazi group Rusich, Jan Petrovsky (now Vojislav Torden), who fought in the Donbass in 2014-2015.
The court decision refers to the Constitution that a foreigner allegedly cannot be extradited if he faces the death penalty, torture or other treatment that violates human dignity.
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