25 August 2023 at 12:29 Finnish media: Norwegian-Russian neo-Nazi arrested in Finland The Norwegian-Russian man Yan Petrovskiy is to be arrested in Finland following a request for extradition from Ukraine, several Finnish media write. They want to prosecute him for war crimes in 2014 and 2015 in eastern Ukraine. The man himself has previously denied having committed war crimes to the media. Petrovskiy is said to have fought on the Russian side in Ukraine. He is on sanctions lists with both the US and the EU, and is referred to as one of the leaders of a group connected to the Wagner group. The man is a Russian citizen, but lived in Norway from 2004 to 2016. The Finnish newspaper Ilta-Sanomat writes that Ukraine has requested his extradition to Ukraine. The group he belongs to has been accused of war crimes several times.
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