Norwegian police intend to continue questioning former commander of the Wagner mercenary group Andrei Medvedev, who fled Russia for Norway last month after fighting in the war in Ukraine. Medvedev, who earlier this week told Reuters he was speaking to help ensure perpetrators of crimes are brought to justice, handed over "some digital material" to police, sources at Kripos, the national criminal police service, say. from Norway,
Medvedev remains a witness and is under no obligation to speak to investigators, Kripos said. Medvedev is not suspected of anything other than illegally crossing the border. "Medvedev gives the impression that he wants to keep saying more" about his time with Wagner, police sources say. Medvedev's security has also been tightened, with "both visible and non-visible" measures, the police added, without elaborating.
Wagner's forces have been locked in a bloody battle of attrition against Ukrainian forces in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine. During an interview with Reuters, Medvedev cited an incident in which he said he witnessed two people who did not want to fight being shot dead at the front lines. When asked about other incidents he witnessed, he stated that he could not comment on them at this time due to investigations by the Norwegian police.
In the interview, he also explains that what scares him "most" is that there are people who consider themselves "your compatriot who could come to kill you or on someone's order. Your own people."
“Many consider me a scoundrel, a criminal, a murderer. First of all, again I would like to apologize, and although I don't know how it will be received, I want to say that I am sorry, ”he said.
