Western media reported that a man who is said to be a former commander of the Russian private military company "Wagner", which has become a major force in the military invasion of Ukraine, has applied for asylum in Norway in Northern Europe.
According to Reuters and Russian human rights groups, Andrei Medvedev, who is said to have belonged to Wagner, crossed the border into Norway by land around the 13th of this month and was detained by border guards and is seeking asylum. .
Mr. Medvedev contracted with Wagner for four months from July last year and joined the battle in Ukraine and led the unit, but there were many war crimes such as the execution of combatants who tried to escape. and witnessed human rights violations, and felt that he himself was in danger.
And Medvedev said he was prepared to accuse him of war crimes in Norway, and Western media reported that it was the first time Wagner fighters had fled to Western countries since the invasion of Ukraine.
Wagner's representative, Mr. Prigozin, admitted on SNS that Mr. Medvedev was a Wagner fighter, and accused him of "a very dangerous person who abuses prisoners of war."