Former Wagner Group commander who fled to Norway feared for his life
A former commander with the Russian mercenary Wagner Group who sought asylum in Norway spoke of how he feared for his life in an interview conducted last month in Russia with the Guardian.
Andrey Medvedev, 26, said that in Ukraine he had witnessed the summary killing of Wagner fighters accused by their own commanders of disobeying orders, sometimes in pairs.
After fleeing his unit, he crossed the border into Norway near the Pasvikdalen valley shortly before 2am local time last Friday, where he was arrested and detained by border guards.
“He has applied for asylum in Norway,” said Tarjei Sirma-Tellefsen, the chief of staff for the police in Finnmark, northern Norway.
Medvedev is the first known soldier from the Wagner Group who fought in Ukraine to flee abroad.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jan/17/former-wagner-group-commando-fled-norway-feared-life-russia
