The County Court docket of Helsinki sentenced the Russian neo-Nazi and one of many commanders of the Diversion and Faculty Intelligence Group “Rusich” by Voislav Torden (within the past-) to life imprisonment, the Finnish tv and radio firm Yle mentioned.
Tordena was accused of committing 5 conflict crimes in jap Ukraine in September 2014. The accusations are related to the actions of the Rusich, which fought on the facet of the separatists within the Lugansk and Donetsk areas. In keeping with investigators, Torden and the members of the Rusich are concerned within the homicide of twenty-two and the wound of 4 extra Ukrainian troopers. Proof of the prosecution relies on video information that the group members themselves shot and printed.
The accusation claimed that the group members for deceiving compelled a bunch of Ukrainian army who was touring by vehicles to cease, after which they fired on vehicles and hit the column with a rocket.
The state prosecution requested a life sentence for Torden. Torden in courtroom rejected all of the accusations and denied any involvement within the ambush, on account of which the Ukrainian army died.
Voislav Torden was detained in Finland in August 2023 for violation of migration laws. The authorities of Ukraine demanded his extradition, however the Supreme Court docket of Finland rejected the request of Kyiv. The rationale for this determination was the poor circumstances of detention in Ukrainian colonies. After that, the authorities of Finland started their investigation towards Torden.
