A court in Norway sentenced the former commander of the "Wagner" PMC Andriy Medvedev to 14 days in prison for violating public order and carrying an air weapon in a public place.
This is reported by the Associated Press.
At the same time, the Oslo court acquitted Medvedev, who is seeking asylum in Norway, of using violence against police officers during his arrest, his lawyer Brynulf Risnes said.
He admitted to resisting arrest and spitting as he was being handcuffed, but denied hitting the police, his lawyer said after his client appeared in court on Tuesday.
Medvedev also pleaded guilty to carrying an air gun when he went to a pub in central Oslo in March.
Medvedev fled Russia, crossing the border with Norway on January 13.
Medvedev's escape attracted a lot of world attention. He said that he fought on the side of the "Wagner" mercenary company in Bakhmut in the east of Ukraine, but fled from Russia because he was afraid for his life because of the "Wagner's" brutality towards militants from his own PMK.
