Finland Sentenced Ex-Rusich Commander Yan Petrovsky to Life

Image of Yan Petrovsky in military gear.

A Finnish court has sentenced Yan Petrovsky, aka. Voislav Torden, the former commander of the Russian neo-Nazi unit “Rusich,” to life in prison for war crimes committed in eastern Ukraine in 2014. He was found guilty of four war crimes, including the killing of a Ukrainian soldier. This marks Finland’s first-ever Ukraine war crimes conviction.