Norwegian war crimes unit ‘hopes to speak to Wagner Group asylum seeker’

Last week, Mr Medvedev, who says he fears for his life, fled to Norway where he sought asylum.

The Wagner Group is a private military contractor (AP)

Members of the Norwegian police unit that investigates war crimes have said they want to talk to a Russian asylum seeker who reportedly is a former high-ranking member of the private Russian military contractor Wagner Group.

Norway’s National Criminal Investigation Service, which takes part in the investigation of war crimes in Ukraine with the International Criminal Court, said it was in contact with Andrey Medvedev and his Norwegian lawyer and “would like to conduct an interrogation of him in the near future. Medvedev has the status of a witness”.