Former commander of the Russian mercenary group Wagner Andrei Medvedev, who fled to Norway where he was seeking asylum, was arrested again after attacking a police officer outside a bar in Oslo. The Guardian reports. The man had already been arrested on January 23 under the Aliens Act: after admission NorwayMedvedev had agreed to live in a safe house, but disagreements with the authorities over the living conditions he was forced to live in led to his arrest and transfer to a detention center. A few hours ago the police intervened again. The exact circumstances of brawl They were not named, but according to court documents, Medvedev resisted arrest while intoxicated and then physically assaulted the police officers. The trial of the 26-year-old is scheduled for April 25th. Last January 13, the fighter of the Wagner mercenary group crossed the border into Norway, where he had applied for asylum, and agreed to tell everything he knew about the group and its leader’s activities. Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Wagner’s boss censored by all Russian state media
Speaking of Yevgeny Prigozhin, Wagner’s boss seems to have disappeared from all official Russian media: the leadership of the mercenaries would have paid with total censorship by Moscow for its continued dissent against the Kremlin’s military leadership, particularly with regard to the warfare in Ukraine. This was reported by the independent Russian medium Verstka, according to which various press organs received orders to cover up Putin’s husband. For several months Prigozhin denounces the difficulties of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, who does not spare himself in a tough clash with Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who is accused by the head of the mercenary group of “going on vacation without thinking about supplying ammunition to militiamen deployed in Donbass”. It is now said that all state media have been ordered not to quote Prigozhin’s comments “on non-neutral issues”. Verskta then confirmed this through an in-depth analysis of local communications controlled by the news agencies Kremlin have practically stopped citing Prigozhin’s statements in recent weeks, except for those related to field activities on the Wagner Group battlefield. According to sources close to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Russian authorities appear to have a real campaign against Prigozhin ready to be launched if necessary.
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