Andrei Medvedev, a former Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, has been arrested in Norway after fleeing to the country.
He says he fears for his life after escaping on January 13 having been horrified by the mistreatment and killing of fellow recruits.
Asked about the claim, a Norwegian police spokesperson said ‘this is not correct’, without elaborating. In the telephone interview, Medvedev urged Norway to let him stay and testify against Wagner, which has been fighting Ukrainian forces in some of the most brutal battles of the war. He said he also wanted to ‘punish’ Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, for the deaths of people who died on his orders in Ukraine.Gulagu.net said Medvedev would face ‘brutal murder and death’ for speaking out against he group if he was returned to Russia.
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