INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
flying drones, media reported late Wednesday.Andrei Yakunin, 47, was arrested in October on accusations of launching drones from his luxury
yacht over the strategic Arctic archipelago of Svalbard last summer.Yakunin, who was born in Russia and is a dual Russian-British citizen,
according to the NRK broadcaster.Unlike Yakunin, other Russian nationals arrested on similar drone-flying charges have been handed prison
attorney John Christian Elden was quoted as saying.NRK said the prosecution, which had requested a three-month jail sentence for Yakunin,
plans to appeal the ruling.Yakunin told the court he was not aware of the drone ban and should be regarded as a citizen of Britain
Union, of which it is not a member, Norway has banned Russian citizens and organizations from flying over its territory following Russia's
