A Finnish court has jailed Russian nationalist fighter Jan Petrovsky for violating EU sanctions by entering the country under the false name Finnish broadcaster Ale. report Tuesday.
Petrovsky is detained In July, he was indicted on separate charges of terrorism in Ukraine. Eel reports that after changing his identity document to his new name Vojislav Toden, he was able to cross the border into Finland in 2022 and 2023.
A local court in Finland’s southern Kimmenlaakso region found Petrovsky guilty of willfully violating the entry ban, Eel said.
what he received was Paused He was sentenced to 40 days in prison and a fine of 80 euros (about $85).
Petrovsky’s defense attorney, Natalia Margina, plans to appeal the verdict in the High Court. Said This was reported by Russian state news agency TASS.
In December, the Supreme Court of Finland Rejected Extraditing Petrovsky to Ukraine on terrorism charges.
Ukrainian authorities have been seeking his arrest since 2016 on charges that he supported pro-Russian rebels in eastern Ukraine as a member of the far-right group Ruschy in 2014-2015.
Mr. Petrovsky is said to be Rusic’s co-founder and has fought on the side of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine since 2014, and is believed to have fought alongside Russian forces during Moscow’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.
Ruschy members regularly display far-right symbols and have been accused of war crimes in Ukraine.