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TexasTowelie

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Sat Sep 23, 2023, 09:40 AM Sep 2023

Ex- Wagner commander Andrei Medvedev has been arrested by Norwegian police - Times Radio



Former commander of the Wagner group, Andrei Medvedev, was arrested on suspicion of attempting to return to Russia, illegally, after seeking asylum in Norway earlier this year.
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Ex- Wagner commander Andrei Medvedev has been arrested by Norwegian police - Times Radio (Original Post) TexasTowelie Sep 2023 OP
Ex-Wagner commander arrested in Norway for attempting return to Russia Eugene Sep 2023 #1
He was just going back for his phone. Probably flying_wahini Sep 2023 #2
K&R 2naSalit Sep 2023 #3

Eugene

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1. Ex-Wagner commander arrested in Norway for attempting return to Russia
Sat Sep 23, 2023, 09:46 AM
Sep 2023
Ex-Wagner commander arrested in Norway for attempting return to Russia (Reuters)

OSLO (Reuters) - 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.

Andrei Medvedev, who escaped Russia in January via its Arctic border with Norway, has described running as Russian guards fired shots at him. He has spoken about his time fighting in Ukraine as part of the Wagner group.

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.


https://news.yahoo.com/ex-wagner-commander-arrested-norway-101344603.html

Just a misunderstanding, his lawyer says.
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