Finnish police have arrested the Russian Yan Petrovsky, a leader of neo-Nazi paramilitary group “Task Force Rusich,” who is wanted in Ukraine on suspicion of committing war crimes in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions in 2014–2015. According to media reports, Kyiv has already requested Petrovsky’s extradition.

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    “Petrovsky, who was born in Irkutsk (Russia), moved to Norway in 2004. He was later stripped of his Norwegian permanent residence and deported in 2017.”

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      And then he tried to hide in Finland instead of returning to Russia.

      Just so you get a feeling for what a shithole Russia is. The Russia he is supposed to love as a nationalist. From the oh so hated West.