 Ex-Wagner, commander on trial after Oslo Street Brawl. A former commander in Russia's Wagner Group went on trial in Oslo over a street fight in the centre of the capital. The 26-year-old Andrei Medvedev, who is seeking asylum in Norway, pleaded guilty to participating in a brawl outside a bar in February, resisting arrest and carrying an air gun three weeks later. He denied assaulting officers at the police station in the early hours of February 22. A police officer told the court that the accused had been agitated visibly drunk and in fight mode that night. Medvedev, meanwhile, said he did not remember the details. I had not intention of hurting anyone. It was just a natural physical reaction to pain being inflicted, he told the court. The prosecution has yet to announce what punishment it will seek according to AFP agency. His lawyer, Brinjolf Riznez, said his client accepted he had drunk too much and got into a fight but denied assaulting the police officer. Medvedev claims to have fought in Ukraine as a member of Wagner for four months before deserting in November when the group allegedly extended his contract against his will. A potentially valuable witness in shedding light on the group's reported brutality in Ukraine, Medvedev has been questioned by Norwegian authorities since arriving in the country. In particular, he claims to have knowledge of Wagner's executions of mercenaries who refused to return to combat and says he has a video showing this. Since his arrival in Norway, he has been a headache for authorities. In January, he was briefly arrested for refusing to follow restrictions imposed by police, according to his lawyer. He was also briefly detained in neighboring Sweden in early March.