By Gwladys Fouche and Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO (Reuters) - Norwegian police have arrested a former commander of the Wagner mercenary group on suspicion ...
By Gwladys Fouche and Nerijus Adomaitis OSLO - Norwegian police have arrested a former commander of the Wagner mercenary group on suspicion that he tried to illegally cross the border backJann Arden in HRM helping Habitat for Humanity | SaltWireOSLO - Norwegian police have arrested a former commander of the Wagner mercenary group on suspicion that he tried to illegally cross the border back into Russia after seeking asylum in Norway earlier this year, the man's lawyer said on Saturday.
Police said in a statement late on Friday that a man in his 20s had been taken into custody for attempting to illegally cross the Russian border, but did not name him. An officer with the Finnmark local police declined to give the arrested man's identity.But Medvedev's arrest was due to a misunderstanding, his Norwegian lawyer Brynjulf Risnes told Reuters.
At the time of his arrival in Norway, Medvedev said he was seeking asylum because he feared for his life after witnessing the killing and mistreatment of Russian prisoners brought to the frontline in Ukraine. But in May, he said in a video posted on YouTube he wanted to return to Russia even though he believed this could pose a risk to his life, describing himself as"some kind of a boy in a big game" that he no longer wanted to be part of.
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