Yan Petrovsky

Yan Petrovsky
Other name(s)	Voislav Torden
Nickname(s)	"Slavyan", "Veliky Slavyan"
Born	1987 (age 36–37) Irkutsk, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Allegiance	Luhansk People's Republic (2014–2015) Russia (2015–present)
Service / branch	Rusich Group
Commands	DShRG "Rusich"
Battles / wars	Russo-Ukrainian War War in Donbas Russian invasion of Ukraine Syrian Civil War Second Lybian Civil War Western Libya campaign Central African Republic Civil War

Yan Igorevich Petrovsky (Russian: Ян Игоревич Петровский, born 1987), also known by his nom de guerre "Slavyan" (Russian: Славян, lit. 'Slav') and his new legal name Voislav Torden (Russian: Воислав Торден), is a Russian Neo-nazi and militant, known as one of the leaders of the Rusich Group paramilitary unit.

Yan Petrovsky is presumably designated as the commander of the Zimargl detachment of the Rusich Group, "one of the special separate units formed for operational and reconnaissance tasks on the territory of Ukraine".^[1] According to the US Department of the Treasury, in 2022 he took over as commander of the Group after the leader Alexey Milchakov was wounded near Kharkiv.^[2]

Petrovsky was arrested in Finland in July 2023 at the request of the Ukrainian government, who sought to extradite him for war crimes committed during the war in Donbas. The extradition request was rejected due to human rights concerns, but Petrovsky was arrested and charged for the same crimes by the Finnish authorities, who claimed universal jurisdiction over the case.^[3]