Yan Petrovsky

Yan Igorevich Petrovsky (Russian: Ян Игоревич Петровский, born 1 January 1987), also known by his nom de guerre "Slavyan" (Russian: Славян, lit. 'Slav') and his new legal name Voislav Torden (Russian: Воислав Торден), is a Russian neo-Nazi, militant and convicted war criminal, known for being a leader of the far-right Rusich Group paramilitary unit. Presumably, Yan Petrovsky is designated as the commander of the Zimargl detachment of the Rusich Group, "one of the special separate units formed for operational and reconnaissance tasks on the territory of Ukraine". According to the US Department of the Treasury, in 2022 he took over as commander of the Group after the leader Alexey Milchakov was wounded near Kharkiv. Petrovsky was arrested in Finland in July 2023 at the request of the Ukrainian government, who sought to extradite him for war crimes committed during the war in Donbas. The extradition request was rejected due to human rights concerns, but Petrovsky was arrested and charged for the same crimes by the Finnish authorities, who claimed universal jurisdiction over the case. On 14 March 2025 Petrovsky was sentenced to life imprisonment. On appeal this was reduced to 12 and a half years imprisonment.