has been apprehended by police, an official said on Monday, and a Russian rights group said he had been told he would be deported to Russia.
Andrei Medvedev is a former commander of the Wagner group which is fighting for Russia in the Ukraine war. Gulagu.net, a Russian group that campaigns for prisoners' rights and has been in contact with Medvedev, said he had been detained and handcuffed on Sunday evening and told he was being taken to a detention center for subsequent deportation.
The rights group said Medvedev would face "brutal murder and death" for speaking out against Wagner if he was returned to Russia."But he has seen the light, he has realized this, he is ready and willing to cooperate with the world, with the international investigation and with the authorities of Norway, he wants to live and testify" against Wagner and its founder Yevgeny Prigozhin, it added.