Finland Reduces Prison Sentence of Convicted War Criminal Voislav Torden
A Finnish appeals court has reduced the life sentence of former Rusich mercenary commander Voislav Torden to 12.5 years for war crimes committed in Ukraine. The ruling overturns the original verdict, citing procedural considerations in the sentencing phase.
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Former Rusich commander’s sentence for war crimes against Ukraine reduced in Finland
The Helsinki Court of Appeal reduced former Rusich commander Yan Petrovsky’s life sentence to 12 years and six months, finding him guilty of three war crimes against Ukraine.
By Mariya Yemets,Anastasia Prots
Read full article →Finnish appeal court reduces war criminal Voislav Torden's prison sentence
The former member of the far-right Rusich paramilitary group was handed a life sentence by the Helsinki district court last year.
Read full article →Finnish court reduces Russian neo-Nazi Voislav Torden’s sentence in Ukraine war crimes case — 12.5 years instead of life
The Helsinki Court of Appeal has reduced the sentence of neo-Nazi Voislav Torden — formerly known as Yan Petrovsky, one of the commanders of the sabotage and assault reconnaissance group “Rusich,” in a war crimes case tied to the conflict in Ukraine, and ordered him to serve 12 and a half years in prison on three counts.
Read full article →Voislav Torden’s life sentence cut to 12.5 years
The Helsinki Court of Appeal has reduced the life sentence of Russian national Voislav Torden to 12 years and six months after finding him guilty of three war crimes committed in eastern Ukraine in 2014. The Helsinki District Court had convicted him of four war crimes in March 2025 and sentenced him to life imprisonment. The appeal court found that Torden, formerly known as Yan Petrovsky, took part in an ambush carried out by the far-right Rusich paramilitary group against Ukrainian troops ...
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