26-year-old Andrey Medvedev, former commander of the Russian mercenary group Wagner, which was involved in the war in Ukraine, has applied for asylum in Norway. The soldier, who began a four-month association with the battalion last July after his contract was renewed without his consent, had gone to St. Petersburg to turn in his badge and had become a virtual deserter.
Commander Yevgeny Prigozhin himself confirmed Medvedev’s affiliation with Wagner, who described the 26-year-old, who had meanwhile fled to Norway and was arrested on the night of January 12/13, as a “very dangerous” man.
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After submitting the application for asylum, Medvedev was taken to Oslo, where he was interrogated. Under these circumstances, the former commander revealed a number of new details about the battalion to which he belonged until December. In addition to all the crimes committed against the Ukrainians, Medvedev said he also witnessed many executions of the same Russian mercenaries who, for refusing to fight, were found guilty of treason or desertion.
The Russian of Norwegian descent also claimed to be in possession of a video document that would immortalize the killing of two Russian mercenaries at Alchevsk in Lugansk by a special Wagner unit called MED. Andrey also says he knows of a train where only three out of thirty mercenaries survived.