The man is a Russian citizen, but lived in Norway from 2004 to 2016. Yan Petrovskiy is said to have fought on the Russian side in Ukraine. 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. The man denies having committed the acts of terrorism he is suspected of, his defender tells the Finnish news agency STT. Central to the Wagner group Petrovskiy 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. According to EU sanctions, Petrovskiy is responsible for actions that threaten Ukraine’s independence and security, writes the Finnish TV channel MTV3. Kimmo Huhta-aho, who is responsible for the case in the district court, does not currently wish to comment on the case to the channel. Petrovskiy himself has said that he is a deputy commander in the militia, which has previously fought in eastern Ukraine and Syria. The militia consists of several Nazis, who have previously posed in front of burning corpses and cut off the ear of their victims. In a Norwegian Nazi milieu Petrovskiy was part of a Nazi milieu in Norway before he was expelled in 2016. He was arrested by armed police in Tønsberg in Vestfold. He first became known in Norway when he ended up on VG’s front page in 2016. Together with the group “Odin’s soldiers”, he patrolled the streets of Tønsberg.
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