The Ministry of Internal Affairs of Finland proposes to revise the system for issuing a residence permit

Finnish Minister of the Interior Mari Rantanen said that the system for issuing a residence permit (permit) to foreigners needs to be revised. The reason for this was the detention of the Russian Vojislav Torden (also known as Yan Petrovsky).

“We will definitely consider all issues in such a way that there are no persons crossing the border who could pose a danger to the national security of Finland,” told she is in an interview with Ilta-Sanomat.

As the newspaper notes, Torden had a residence permit in Finland at his wife’s place of study for a year.

According to the Russian diplomatic mission, Torden was detained on July 20 while trying to fly to Nice from Helsinki. The Russian is suspected of violating Finnish immigration laws. From that moment on, Torden’s interests were represented by a local lawyer; he did not apply to the Russian embassy until August 23, although he could freely use the phone, Russian diplomats say.

Later it became known that the Russian appears in the sanctions lists as Yan Petrovsky. Ukraine requested his extradition in a criminal case. On August 25, the court extended the arrest of Torden, he is in Vantaa prison. The issue of the possible extradition of the Russian to the Ukrainian authorities will be considered later, the embassy specified.

Finnish media began to report on the detention of the Russian on August 25th. By data channel MTV Uutis, the arrested is one of the leaders of the sabotage and assault reconnaissance group (DSHRG) “Rusich”. DSHRG confirmed the detention of Petrovsky (call sign – Slavyan).