According to civil rights activists, a Russian ex-mercenary has recognized former comrades because the perpetrators within the video allegedly exhibiting the beheading of a Ukrainian prisoner of struggle that has precipitated worldwide outrage.
They had despatched the video footage to former Wagner mercenary commander Andrey Medvedev, who fled to Norway months in the past and is presently imprisoned in Sweden, the founding father of the Russian civil rights group Gulagu.internet, Vladimir Osechkin, stated in an interview on Wednesday.
“He has listened to and watched it carefully several times and he clearly recognizes his former colleagues there, fighters from the mercenary Wagner troop,” Osechkin stated within the video, which was revealed on the YouTube channel of expatriate Russian opposition determine Mikhail Khodorkovsky.
Medvedev, who himself used to combat for the infamous Russian mercenary group, had recognized the lads by “characteristic call signs and their way of speaking,” the civil rights activist continued.
Osechkin’s group is thought primarily for its work combating violence in Russian jail camps. However, it additionally taken care of ex-mercenary Medvedev when he was arrested in Norway in January underneath that nation’s immigration legislation after fleeing. Medvedev was later launched in Norway – however detained just a few weeks later in neighbouring Sweden for unauthorized entry.
Source: www.anews.com.tr