Now the Norwegian authorities are considering Andrei's application Medvedev's request for asylum.
Andrey Medvedev, the ex-commander of the Wagner PMC who fled to Norway, gave an interview to local media and apologized to the Ukrainians.
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“I gave up security measures. The Norwegian police are watching me, of course, but in general I don't need them,” he says.
Medvedev said that he and other mercenaries were “sent into a meat grinder” in Ukraine. The guy explained that he decided to desert and run away for two reasons:
Medvedev claims that in just 10 days he saw several cases of executions of those “Wagnerites” who refused to obey the order.
” We were sent to a meat grinder with machine guns against tanks,” says the ex-commander of the “Wagnerites”.
Apologies of the former “Wagnerian”
“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 all this,” Medvedev said.
The 26-year-old Russian asked not to judge him.
“I resisted this. Please don't judge me, and in any case I apologize,” Medvedev said.
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“Extradition means death for me”
< p>Now the Norwegian authorities are considering Andrey Medvedev's application for asylum. The Ukrainian diaspora opposes this
If the former “Wagnerian” is found guilty of war crimes, he will not be granted refugee status, and at the same time, sending him back to Russia can be dangerous, the publication notes.
“Everyone should understand that if they send me to Russia, then this is death for me. Also, everyone must understand that if they send me to Ukraine, then this also means death,” the ex-occupier says.
He fears that if he is sent to Ukraine, Kyiv will want to exchange him for our defenders who are in Russian captivity.
Recall that on the night of January 12-13, ex-commander of Wagner PMC Andrey Medvedev escaped persecution of Russian border guards and miraculously escaped to Norway. There he asked for political asylum.
It was the fugitive Andrei Medvedev who was the commander of Yevgeny Nuzhin, a prisoner killed with a sledgehammer, from the Wagner PMC detachment. Read the story of prisoner Nuzhin, who was executed in the Russian Federation upon his return from Ukrainian captivity, here.
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