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Prosecutors in Finland have charged Yan Petrovsky, also known as Voislav Toden, with committing five war crimes in Ukraine in 2014. “The charges are related to the suspect’s activities in a unit called Rusich, which has fought on the side of the Russian-backed Luhansk separatist region against Ukraine,” Finnish prosecutors said in a released statement.[1] Petrovsky allegedly helped found and lead the neo-Nazi, paramilitary group Rusich. Prosecutors assert that Petrovsky was Rusich’s deputy commander and culpable for the deaths of twenty-two Ukrainian soldiers, and critically wounding four more.[2] The group is rumored to have ties to both the Kremlin and Wagner group. It is also accused of perpetrating acts of terrorism in the Ukraine war. Petrovsky, who has been on Finnish soil since July of last year, has denied all charges.