Finland: Voislav Torden sentenced to life for war crimes in Ukraine
Finland: Voislav Torden sentenced to life for war crimes in Ukraine
Helsinki District Court has sentenced Voislav Torden, 38, to life in prison for war crimes committed in Ukraine in 2014. Torden was convicted on four counts of war crimes, while one charge was dismissed due to lack of evidence. The court found that he led a military unit that ambushed Ukrainian sold...
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That’s actually quite rare here to sentence someone to life. Not even murderers…
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Wth was that traitor doing fighting for the Russians?
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Yan Petrovsky alias Voislav Torden is Russian. He was sentenced in Finland since that is where he was caught (Helsinki Airport actually trying to transit through the country) and Supreme Court of Finland decided it wasn't legal to extradite to Ukraine due to prison conditions and due process concerns. So instead the case was brought in Finland by Finnish prosecutors.
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How does this work legally? The crimes were committed in Ukraine. Wouldn't this be a case for the ICC or something?
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Those charges are insane! Waved a Ukrainian flag to lure soldiers and fire a machine gun upon them? Personally execute someone. What the actual f… Death would be a gift for someone capable of doing something like that.