Yan Petrovsky, co-leader of the Rusich paramilitary unit, was convicted of war crimes in Luhansk Oblast on Sept. 5, 2014, during Russia's invasion of Donbas.
Funnily enough, he was apprehended for breaking border crossing rules. He had been denied entry to Schengen area, but had changed his name and managed to enter Finland – and thus the Schengen area – with that new identity. Then, the border guards had checked some registry and found out that Ukraine has a search warrant for the guy, and that the two full names belong to the same person.
He was first apprehended for the war crimes, but there wasn’t enough evidence to apprehend him for that for more than a few hours. But, luckily he had broken the Finnish law by entering Finland while he had been prohibited entry. They apprehended him for three days in order to investigate that crime, and during those three days scrambled to find enough evidence in order to apprehend him for the war crimes. They walked him out of the police jail, after his apprehension for the border infraction had ended, then immediately arrested him for suspected war crimes and walked back into the same police jail. It’s funny that they had to set him free in order to arrest him for another investigation’s needs. Being jailed for investigation has its own rules.
I hope he enjoyed his 5 seconds of freedom! Or two seconds, or however long it took between saying “you’re free to go, bye bye” and “you are under arrest for suspected war crimes.”
I’m sure he was told in advance. It would be very untypical for Finns not to.
More like, would have been funny seeing a video of his face when he leaves the jail knowing that in a minute he’ll be back inside.
“Why are you even making me walk back and forth like this”?
Funnily enough, he was apprehended for breaking border crossing rules. He had been denied entry to Schengen area, but had changed his name and managed to enter Finland – and thus the Schengen area – with that new identity. Then, the border guards had checked some registry and found out that Ukraine has a search warrant for the guy, and that the two full names belong to the same person.
He was first apprehended for the war crimes, but there wasn’t enough evidence to apprehend him for that for more than a few hours. But, luckily he had broken the Finnish law by entering Finland while he had been prohibited entry. They apprehended him for three days in order to investigate that crime, and during those three days scrambled to find enough evidence in order to apprehend him for the war crimes. They walked him out of the police jail, after his apprehension for the border infraction had ended, then immediately arrested him for suspected war crimes and walked back into the same police jail. It’s funny that they had to set him free in order to arrest him for another investigation’s needs. Being jailed for investigation has its own rules.
I hope he enjoyed his 5 seconds of freedom! Or two seconds, or however long it took between saying “you’re free to go, bye bye” and “you are under arrest for suspected war crimes.”
Would like to see a video of his face when that happened.
I’m sure he was told in advance. It would be very untypical for Finns not to. More like, would have been funny seeing a video of his face when he leaves the jail knowing that in a minute he’ll be back inside.
Even better.
I’d still like to see the video.