Status: 01/25/2023 5:23 pm
An alleged former member of the Russian mercenary group Wagner fled to Norway and was arrested there. According to the police, he must be released subject to conditions. He apparently wants to unpack about the mercenary group.
A high-ranking mercenary from the Russian Wagner Group who fled to Norway is released there after his arrest. Russian citizen Andrei Medvedev was arrested on Sunday night on suspicion of illegal entry.
He was due to be released from a detention center today, on the condition that he remain in a specific location. The announcement was made by the police immigration unit. You can no longer detain him under immigration law.
Medvedev is said to have been a member of the Wagner Group for months in 2022 before fleeing to Norway and applying for asylum. The Norwegian National Criminal Service, which is involved in investigating war crimes in Ukraine, said it was interviewing Medvedev, who has witness status.
Medvedev apparently wants to unpack
In a video posted on Gulagu.net, Medvedev expressed fears that he would be brutally killed if sent back to Russia. However, the Norwegian authorities have not yet stated that they intend to do so. Medvedev reportedly told Gulagu.net that he was willing to open up about the mercenary group and its boss, Yevgeny Prigozhin.
Prigozhin, who has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, has recruited thousands of inmates from Russian prisons into the war against Ukraine.
He promised prisoners that they would be released after their contract expired, but at the same time threatened summary executions if they tried to escape.
conflicting parts as source
Information on the course of the war, bombings and casualties provided by official bodies of the Russian and Ukrainian warring parties cannot be directly verified by an independent body in the current situation.