Ex-fighter in Putin’s brutal Wagner Group army arrested for violent bar brawl and attacking cop after fleeing to Norway

A FORMER fighter in Putin’s vicious private army the Wagner Group has been arrested after allegedly attacking a police officer following a brawl at a bar. Andrey Medvedev was reportedly involved in the scrap in the Norwegian capital Oslo, which he fled to last month after claiming to have escaped from Putin’s brutal band of mercenaries. ReutersFormer Russian mercenary Andrey Medvedev has been arrested in Norway[/caption] AFPThe former Wagner Group fighter allegedly hit cops after a drunken brawl[/caption] The ex-commander of a branch of the Wagner Group was arrested after a fight near a bar in the city centre, and for alleged violence against police officers while he was being detained. Prosecution documents state that the alleged fight took place on the night of February 21. After resisting arrest, Medvedev is reported to have hit a police officer. The statement reads: “On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, at about 5:00 am, when several police officers and other law enforcement officers were taking him [Medvedev] out of a police car in the courtyard of the central detention centre, he resisted and kicked one or more officers.”