Last Friday, Andrey Medvedev, 26, crossed into Norway and was apprehended by border guards.
After deserting the mercenary group, a former Russian paramilitary Wagner Group leader has requested refuge in Norway. According to his attorney Brynjulf Risnes, he is presently detained in the Oslo region and is accused of entering Norway illegally, according to the BBC. After witnessing war atrocities in Ukraine, according to Mr. Risnes, his client fled Wagner. The 198 km (123 miles) long border between Norway and Russia was crossed by a Russian man, according to the Norwegian Border Guard, who verified
