Rusich Group
Russian paramilitary unit
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| September 2024 | Rusich Group announced an official agreement with the FSB Border Service to strengthen the border and conduct intelligence activities in the Karelia region, specifically at Rättijärvi. |
| August 2024 | Rusich posted a video of a severed head of a Ukrainian soldier mounted on a spike. Ukrainska Pravda reported a Russian soldier was ordered to cut off heads of four dead Ukrainian soldiers. |
| August 19 2024 | Rusich requested a Ukrainian prisoner for a human sacrifice, claiming it was for the autumnal equinox to 'encourage and strengthen the spirit of the new personnel'. |
| August 2023 | Yan Petrovsky was detained in Finland, with Ukraine requesting his extradition. Rusich Group issued an ultimatum to the Russian government, refusing to participate in combat until Petrovsky's release. |
| May 2023 | Rusich posted on their Telegram channel about using drones to drop chloropicrin, a banned poison gas, on Ukrainian positions. |
| April 2023 | Rusich Group posted a video on their Telegram channel showing a captured Ukrainian soldier being beheaded with a knife, threatening more such actions. |
| April 2022 | Rusich Group returned to Ukraine during the Russian invasion, being transferred to the Kharkiv Oblast. The group and its commanders Alexey Milchakov and Yan Petrovsky were included in US sanctions list for 'special cruelty' in battles. |
| 2020 | Alexey Milchakov reveals in an interview that the Rusich group has several dozen members, noting that many people come and go. |
| 2017 | Ukrainian military prosecutor's office accuses Milchakov of involvement in the murder of 40 Ukrainian soldiers. |
| 2017 | Rusich militants are present in Syria, guarding oil and gas infrastructure owned by Russian companies, with militants posting provocative photos from Palmyra. |
| October 17 2017 | Rusich member Nikitin Alexander Vladimirovich (AKA 'The Livonian') is killed in Syria. |
| 2016 | Milchakov potentially receives an award from Sergey Aksyonov, head of the Republic of Crimea, in the presence of Vladislav Surkov, then-assistant to the President of the Russian Federation. |
| October 2016 | Jan Petrovsky, Milchakov's deputy and a former Norwegian resident, is arrested by Norwegian police and deported to Russia after being recognized as a threat to national security. |
| 2015 | Milchakov begins engaging in combat training of teenagers in special camps in Russia, collaborating with right-wing radicals from the E.N.O.T. Corp. private military company. The group starts its 'legalization' in Russia, receiving public organization status and state support. |
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