The former commander of the Wagner group wants to unravel the crimes of Putin’s mercenaries. Before that, he had problems with Norwegian law.
Andrei Medvedev was the commander of the Wagner mercenary group. On January 12, 2023, he fled Russia to Norway, where he applied for asylum. There, he wants to uncover the gruesome crimes of “Putin’s cook” Prigozhin, who testified during his four-month contract with the mercenary force in Ukraine from 6 July 2022.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin (left), who became known as “Putin’s cook”, is the leader of the Wagner mercenary troupe. Misha Japaridze/AP/picturedesk.com Image Archive
First, the Russian exile came into conflict with the law in his new host country. Arrested by police on Wednesday night, shortly before 3:30 am. This emerges from a current prosecution by the public prosecutor in Oslo, as TV2 writes.
Andrei Medvedev was the commander of the Wagner mercenary group. Now he wants to expose his crimes.YouTube / Gulagu.net
Rapping in front of a bar in Oslo
According to the indictment, Medvedev was arrested after allegedly behaving inappropriately and getting into a fight with another person outside a bar called Andy’s Pub on Stortingsgata in Oslo.
“According to Medvedev, there was a misunderstanding in the city after he consumed alcohol. When the police arrived, he didn’t understand what was going on,” said his defense lawyer, Brynyulf Risnes. After questioning about the incident, Medvedev was released, continues Norwegian TV station TV2.
Executed Russian Conscientious Objectors
According to Andrey Medvedev, he was part of the notorious Wagner mercenary group and led a troupe nicknamed the “Suicide Squad”.
He noted numerous extrajudicial executions and executions carried out by SB Yevgeny Prigozhin’s security service on “refuseniks” (“refuses”) – those who refused to fight the Ukrainians and who allegedly wanted to leave Wagner’s ranks. It also saw countless murders and abuses during the war.
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