Andriy Medvedev, former commander of the mercenary Wagner Group has applied for political asylum in Norway and offered to testify against its founder, the oligarch very close to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Yevgeni Prigozhin.
According to the information handled by Gulagu, a Russian Human Rights organization, Medvedev illegally crossed the Norwegian border from Russia, in the Murmansk region, and was then transferred to Oslo, the capital, where he has been placed under custody in a migration center.
Medvedev’s intention is to testify against Prigozhin, considered one of the men closest to the Russian president, so much so that he is known as ‘Putin’s chef’, due to the large number of restaurants and catering companies in charge of the Kremlin’s dinners for foreign leaders.
In early July 2022, Medvedev signed a four-month contract with the Wagner Group, at which point he was sent to the Lugansk region, where he was appointed commander of one of the assault squadrons, Ukrinform reports.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
