Former leaders of the Wagner Group have applied for asylum in Norway

A man was arrested at 01.58 on the night of Friday 13 January in Finnmark in northern Norway. The Norwegian police stated that the arrest was carried out by a border patrol of the Norwegian Armed Forces and the police.

– We are now working to confirm the identity of the person and interrogate the man. The man is said to have visited a private home in the border area and asked for help. We have also reported to Russian border guards the discovery of traces that could indicate that someone crossed the border illegally. After that, border guards and police immediately began searching the house, says the Chief of Staff of the Finnmark Police District Tarjei Sirma-Tellefsen In a press release.

In the same press release, the Norwegian police wrote that the person had applied for asylum in Norway. But the authorities do not want to reveal more information about the man.

Wagner asked

– I can confirm that he arrived in Norway on Friday night. I was hired after he got caught, Herstad tells VG.

The lawyer says Medvedev is seeking asylum in Norway.

The Wagner Group is a shadow army he leads Eugene Prigozhinalso known as Vladimir Putins chef. Mercenaries from the Wagner Group fight at their best in Ukraine, but have previously carried out missions in North and Central Africa, among other places.

In recent days, Prigozhin claimed that his army had made significant advances in Ukraine. This applies to the bloody battles around Solidar in eastern Ukraine. The information is rejected by the Ukrainian side.