“The advocates of the trick demanded to release him. The court rejected the claim and decided to leave the Russian in custody before declaring a sentence”, – WRITE: www.radiosvoboda.org
On January 31, the defense party spoke at a court session with the final word. The advocates of the trick demanded to release him. The court rejected the claim and decided to leave the Russian in custody until the sentence was announced.
Earlier, the prosecutor’s office made the final word. The accusation demands to be condemned by a forden to life imprisonment.
The accused denies involvement in military crimes. In 2014, he explained his stay in Lugansk in 2014 with “humanitarian reasons” and the desire to help the locals. The Russian also denies that once had command powers in the Rusich group.
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Tortin, previously known as Jan Petrovsky, was one of the commanders of the radical nationalist group “Rusich” in the past.
Tarden was detained in Finland in mid -summer 2023. The authorities of Ukraine sought his extradition, but the Supreme Court of Finland rejected the request of Kiev due to the conditions of detention of prisoners in the Ukrainian colonies. After that, the Finnish authorities began their own investigation into Tarden related to military crimes in Ukraine.
Tarden has been listed as US sanctions, EU and other countries that support Ukraine. In 2016, he was expelled from Norway, considering national security.
The Rusich sabotage and assault group consists of radical nationalists and neo-Nazis and has been participating in the war in Ukraine since 2014. Kyiv accuses the organization of war crimes, including torture and murder of prisoners and civilians.