One of the leaders of the neo-Nazi group “Rusich”, fighting in Ukraine on the side of Russia, decided to seek political asylum in Finland

One of the leaders of the neo-Nazi group calling itself the sabotage and assault reconnaissance group (DSRG) “Rusich”, Russian Voislav Torden (Jan Petrovsky), who was previously detained in Finland, plans to request political asylum there. this reports Yle . Ukraine accuses him of war crimes and asks for extradition.

Torden was detained by Finnish border guards on July 20, 2023, when he tried to fly to Nice from Helsinki Airport. After this, he was placed in a temporary detention center.

A few days ago, Finnish authorities informed the Russian embassy that Torden’s preventive measure was changed and he was transferred to the Vantaa prison. The reason is a request for extradition from the Ukrainian authorities, who accuse Thorden of war crimes. He, as writes , fought in the Lugansk and Donetsk regions on the side of the separatists in 2014-2015, and also participated in the battles for the Donetsk airport. Meduza

“On August 23, 2023, the police informed the embassy about a change in the preventive measure for V.I. Torden with his transfer to the Vantaa prison in connection with the request of the Ukrainian side for his detention for further extradition in a criminal case. Only then did it become known that V.I. Torden previously bore the surname Petrovsky,” the Russian Embassy said in a statement.

It also notes that the issue of Torden's possible extradition will be considered later. The Russian consul should be allowed to see him in the coming days. Russian citizen Vojislav Torden, previously named Jan Petrovsky, is included in the sanctions lists of the European Union and the US Treasury.

The so-called DSRG “Rusich” is one of the most radical neo-Nazi groups fighting on the side of Russia in Ukraine. Her Telegram channel has repeatedly justified the execution of captured Ukrainians and other war crimes, and there have also been calls for total genocide of the Ukrainian population.

in the same telegram channel On August 25, a message was published , which stated that the DSRG “Rusich” would stop performing combat missions until the issue with “Slavyan” (Torden’s call sign - approx. “Cold”) “is resolved in the right way.” side with us (extradition from the Russian Federation).” “If a country cannot protect its citizens, then why should citizens protect the country?” - the message says.

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