COURT - WAR CRIMES - HELSINKI, FINLAND - TORDEN

COURT - WAR CRIMES - HELSINKI, FINLAND - TORDEN

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) the ex-commander of the Russian far-right extremist Rusich paramilitary group, suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine, photographed through a screen in Helsinki District Court on January 23, 2025. Torden is suspected of an aggravated war crime and several other war crimes. With Torden accompanied legal assistant Heikki Lampela (R). LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

COURT - WAR CRIMES - HELSINKI, FINLAND - TORDEN

COURT - WAR CRIMES - HELSINKI, FINLAND - TORDEN

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) the ex-commander of the Russian far-right extremist Rusich paramilitary group, suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine, photographed through a screen in Helsinki District Court on January 23, 2025. Torden is suspected of an aggravated war crime and several other war crimes. With Torden accompanied legal assistant Heikki Lampela (R). LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

COURT - WAR CRIMES - HELSINKI, FINLAND - TORDEN

COURT - WAR CRIMES - HELSINKI, FINLAND - TORDEN

Legal assistant Heikki Lampela of Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) the ex-commander of the Russian far-right extremist Rusich paramilitary group, suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine, in Helsinki District Court on January 23, 2025. Torden is suspected of an aggravated war crime and several other war crimes. LEHTIKUVA / JUSSI NUKARI - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Jussi Nukari/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) in Helsinki District Court

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) in Helsinki District Court

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski, 2ndR) the ex-commander of the Russian far-right extremist Rusich paramilitary group, suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine, photographed through a screen in Helsinki District Court on December 5, 2024 during the beginning of the main trial of the case. Torden is suspected of of an aggravated war crime and several other war crimes. Media followed the trial through a video connection from the next room. The legal assistant Heikki Lampela on the right. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) in Helsinki District Court

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) in Helsinki District Court

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski, 2ndR) the ex-commander of the Russian far-right extremist Rusich paramilitary group, suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine, photographed through a screen in Helsinki District Court on December 5, 2024 during the beginning of the main trial of the case. Torden is suspected of of an aggravated war crime and several other war crimes. Media followed the trial through a video connection from the next room. The legal assistant Heikki Lampela on the right. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) in Helsinki District Court

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) in Helsinki District Court

Media follows the trial of Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) the ex-commander of the Russian far-right extremist Rusich paramilitary group, suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine, in Helsinki District Court on December 5, 2024 during the beginning of the main trial of the case. Torden is suspected of of an aggravated war crime and several other war crimes. Media followed the trial through a video connection from the next room. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) in Helsinki District Court

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) in Helsinki District Court

Media follows the trial of Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) the ex-commander of the Russian far-right extremist Rusich paramilitary group, suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine, in Helsinki District Court on December 5, 2024 during the beginning of the main trial of the case. Torden is suspected of of an aggravated war crime and several other war crimes. Media followed the trial through a video connection from the next room. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) in Helsinki District Court

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) in Helsinki District Court

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski, 2ndR) the ex-commander of the Russian far-right extremist Rusich paramilitary group, suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine, photographed through a screen in Helsinki District Court on December 5, 2024 during the beginning of the main trial of the case. Torden is suspected of of an aggravated war crime and several other war crimes. Media followed the trial through a video connection from the next room. The legal assistant Heikki Lampela on the right. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) in Helsinki District Court

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski) in Helsinki District Court

Russian Voislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovski, 2ndR) the ex-commander of the Russian far-right extremist Rusich paramilitary group, suspected of committing war crimes in Ukraine, photographed through a screen in Helsinki District Court on December 5, 2024 during the beginning of the main trial of the case. Torden is suspected of of an aggravated war crime and several other war crimes. Media followed the trial through a video connection from the next room. The legal assistant Heikki Lampela on the right. LEHTIKUVA / HEIKKI SAUKKOMAA - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Heikki Saukkomaa/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

Ex-commander of MSDF's minesweeping unit gives interview

Ex-commander of MSDF's minesweeping unit gives interview

Taosa Ochiai, who was the commander of the dispatch unit Overseas Minesweeper Force of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force to the Persian Gulf in 1991, speaks in an interview in Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, on April 23, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo