Andrei Medvedev escaped Russia in January saying he feared for his life after witnessing the killing and mistreatment of former prisoners by the mercenary group.
, 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 , but did not name him. An officer with the Finnmark local police declined to give the arrested man’s identity.But Medvedev’s arrest was due to a misunderstanding, his Norwegian lawyer Brynjulf Risnes told Reuters.
“He was up there to see if he could find the place where he crossed . He was stopped when he was in a taxi. He was never near the border ... It was never his intention to cross the border ,” Risnes said.
In April, Medvedev was convicted in Norway of involvement in a bar fight and of carrying an air gun but was acquitted of committing violence against police. He said then he was looking to the future and hoped for
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Ex-Wagner commander arrested in Norway for attempting return to RussiaNorwegian 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.
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