The Ukrainian diaspora in Norway is protesting against granting asylum to a former mercenary. At the same time, the “Wagnerian” is sure that he will be killed if he is extradited to the Russian Federation or Ukraine.
Former Wagner PMC commander Andrei Medvedev, who asked for asylum in Norway, apologized to Ukrainians living in the country. About this he said on Monday, January 30, in an interview with the Norwegian television channel NRK.
As Medvedev himself said, he received messages from the Ukrainian diaspora in Norway, which expresses its protest against granting asylum to the ex-“Wagnerian” who fled Russia.
The Russian stressed that he was aware of the reasons for such a negative reaction.
“I understand that this is difficult to accept, I agree. I am a scoundrel for you. I just ask you to once again pay attention to the fact that I realized this, even if it was too late, but I realized it and opposed it all,” commented a mercenary from “PMC Wagner”.
At the same time, the 26-year-old man asked not to condemn him.
“Please don’t judge me, and in any case, I apologize,” Medvedev told reporters.
According to the man, if he is extradited to Russia or Ukraine, he will die. At the same time, according to the ex-Wagnerian, his life is also in danger in Norway.
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Medvedev noted that he had two reasons to escape from the aggressor country. First, according to the ex-fighter, he realized that Russia’s war against Ukraine was “completely wrong.” The second reason is the internal cruelty in the ranks of the Wagner PMC.
The Russian said that the mercenaries did not hesitate to kill anyone who spoke out against military aggression.
“If someone refused to obey the order, he was shot according to the laws of wartime,” he explained.
According to him, in just 10 days, when he was at the training camp of mercenaries, there were several similar cases.
Recall that on the night of January 12-13, Andrei Medvedev escaped from his unit and illegally crossed the border into Norway near the village of Nikel, Murmansk region. In Norway, he was detained by border guards. He requested protection and political asylum from local law enforcement officers.
This is the first known “Wagnerian” who fought in Ukraine and fled abroad.
On January 25, it became known that the Norwegian police released Medvedev from custody.
