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By Gwladys Fouche OSLO (Reuters) - A former commander of Russias Wagner mercenary group who fled to Norway last year has been denied asylum but will ...

A Norwegian newspaper says a Russian man who reportedly defected from a high-ranking position in the Wagner Group has been given permission to stay in Norway but was refused permanent asylum.

A former commander of Russia's Wagner mercenary group who fled to Norway last year has been denied asylum but will not be deported as it is too dangerous to send him back, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Andrei Medvedev, who escaped Russia in January 2023 across its Arctic border with Norway, has described running as Russian guards shot at him. Immigration authorities denied him asylum three weeks ago as they do not consider him a regular combatant of the Russian armed forces, who cannot be p...

COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A Russian man who reportedly defected from a high-ranking position in the Wagner Group has been given permission to stay in Norway…

Norwegian police have arrested a former commander of the Wagner mercenary group on suspicion that he tried to illegally cross the border back into Russia after seeking asylum in Norway earlier this year, the man’s lawyer said on Saturday.

Andrei Medvedev had escaped Russia in January via its Arctic border.

A former Wagner Group commander who fled to Norway in January in hopes of claiming asylum has been arrested on suspicion of trying to get back across the border into Russia, his lawyer says. The reported arrest of ex-mercenary Andrey Medvedev comes after he was sentenced in April to 14 days in jail for disorderly

Norwegian police have arrested a former commander of the Wagner mercenary group on suspicion that he tried to illegally cross the border back into Russia after seeking asylum in Norway earlier this year, the man's lawyer said on Saturday.

Andrei Medvedev's lawyer said the arrest was a misunderstanding and that the ex-Wagner boss had not intended to cross the Russian border.

Norwegian authorities recently detained Andrei Medvedev, the former commander of the Wagner mercenary group, on suspicion of attempting an illegal border crossing into Russia.