Yan Petrovsky
Russian neo-Nazi militant
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| December 5 2024 | Petrovsky's trial for war crimes began in Finland. |
| October 31 2024 | Petrovsky was formally charged with war crimes, specifically for allegedly commanding Rusich soldiers in an ambush of a Ukrainian unit in September 2014 that resulted in 22 killings and 4 wounded soldiers. |
| October 11 2024 | The investigation into Petrovsky's alleged war crimes was concluded. |
| December 18 2023 | A Finnish court ordered Petrovsky remanded in custody, pending charges of aggravated war crimes. |
| December 8 2023 | The Supreme Court of Finland rejected Ukraine's extradition request and ordered Petrovsky's release from prison. He was immediately taken into custody by the Finnish Border Guard, with potential criminal investigation for war crimes. |
| October 2023 | Petrovsky's lawyers continued efforts to secure his release from the detention centre. |
| July 20 2023 | Yan Petrovsky was arrested by Finnish police at Helsinki-Vantaa Airport, with Ukraine requesting his extradition. The Rusich Group announced a halt to combat missions until his potential extradition to Russia. |
| July 19 2023 | Petrovsky entered Finland through the Vaalimaa border crossing with his wife and three children, using the alias Voislav Torden, with plans for his children to obtain Nordic education and his wife to study at a Finnish university. |
| 2022 | Yan Petrovsky and the Rusich Group were added to the US sanctions list for demonstrating 'special cruelty' during battles in the Kharkiv Oblast during the conflict in Ukraine. |
| 2022 | Petrovsky visited Finland on a tourist visa under the name Voislav Torden, intending to visit family in France. |
| 2022 | Petrovsky takes over as commander of the Rusich Group after the previous leader Alexey Milchakov is wounded near Kharkiv, according to the US Department of the Treasury. |
| June 2022 | Petrovsky appeared at the funeral of war veteran Alexei Pozharov, where he effectively announced the Rusich Group's participation in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. |
| 2016 | Petrovsky was deprived of his residence permit in Norway for staying abroad too long, arrested for violating immigration laws, and subsequently deported. Norwegian authorities declared him a 'threat to the security' of the country. |
| 2015 | Petrovsky gave an interview to Novorossiya TV, explaining that he came to Ukraine to fight against what he termed the 'Khazar kaghanate'. |
| June 2015 | Rusich Group fighters announced they were leaving Donbass, partly due to a conflict with the leader of the Luhansk People's Republic, Igor Plotnitsky. |
| 2014 | Yan Petrovsky went to Donbas and fought against the Ukrainian army. During this period, pictures emerged on the Internet showing Petrovsky posing against the background of deceased Ukrainian soldiers. |
| 2010 | Police conducted a raid at the 'True Metal Tattoo' parlor where Petrovsky worked, resulting in his detention. During the search, forged documents and weapons were found, with the weapon traced to Russian radical nationalist Viacheslav Datsik. |
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