After an apparently dramatic escape across the frozen river Pasvik, a former member of the Russian combat force Wagner has sought asylum in northern Norway. The man might be a source of war crimes information.
A Norwegian border patrol in the Pasvik valley. Here, Norway and Russia share a border that is almost 200 kilometers long.
After Information from the North Norwegian internet publication «The Barents Observer» At the end of last week, a man who claims to have been a member of the Russian paramilitary combat group Wagner managed to escape to Norway under dramatic circumstances. The man, whose name is given as Andrei Medvedev, crossed the border in the far north in the Pasvik River valley near the mining town of Nikel. In the Pasvik valley, Russia meets Norway for almost 200 kilometers, with the border mostly following the river. This is frozen in winter.