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00:10. Andrej Medvedev, the former commander of the Russian mercenary formation “Vagner”, fled from Russia to Norway and requested political asylum there, Russian human rights activist, founder of the “Gulagu.net” foundation Vladimir Osechkin said on Sunday.
Medvedev, according to his own words, crossed the border in the Murmansk region near the city-village of Nikela, crossing two border fences.
In Norway, he got to a border town, knocked on the door of the first house and asked to call the police.
Escorted by security, the former Wagnerian was taken from the local airport to Oslo, where he was placed in a center for violators of the migration law.
Osechkin states on the website “gulagu.net” that the asylum application procedure has already started.