A Finnish court has sentenced Russian citizen Torden to life in prison.

In Finland, a court sentenced Russian citizen Vojislav Torden (Jan Petrovsky) to life in prison amid allegations of alleged war crimes in Ukraine in 2014. This was reported by Yle on March 14.

"The prosecutor demanded that Torden be sentenced to life in prison for war crimes in eastern Ukraine in 2014," the article says.

At the same time, Torden's lawyer Natalia Malygina, in an interview with RIA Novosti, clarified that the defense would appeal the verdict. The defense also considers this verdict to be politically motivated.

Law enforcement officers informed the Russian Embassy in Finland about Torden's detention at the request of Kiev on August 25, 2023. At the same time, Moscow sent Helsinki a request to meet with the detainee. Later, the Russian Embassy in Finland reported that a Russian citizen had been detained by the Finnish border guard service on suspicion of violating Finnish migration laws. He was arrested on July 20 while trying to fly to Nice from Helsinki-Vantaa airport.

At the end of January 2024, the Finnish prosecutor's office demanded a suspended sentence for the Russian citizen for violating the ban on entry into the European Union. Ukraine asked Finland to transfer Torden to it, but was refused. In February, Torden was found guilty of violating the ban on entry into the Schengen area. At the end of October, the Finnish prosecutor's office filed charges against Torden, according to which he could face at least eight years in prison.

In early December, prosecutors in Finland asked for Torden to be sentenced to life in prison for alleged war crimes in eastern Ukraine in 2014. The extraordinary trial of the Russian was held in the Helsinki District Court. Prosecutors have filed charges against him for five war crimes. The Russian's lawyer, Heikki Lampela, said his client would deny all charges.