Norway Wants To Talk To Asylum Seeker From Wagner Group

A man wearing a camouflage uniform walks out of the Wagner Center in St. Petersburg, Russia.

The Norwegian police unit that investigates war crimes said on January 17 it wants 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 Andrei 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." To read the original story by AP, click here.