Resident of Kerch sentenced in absentia to 5.5 years in prison for a post about the strike on the Kramatorsk train station

Intelligence Briefing

A resident of Kerch was sentenced in absentia to 5.5 years in prison for a social media post related to the strike on the Kramatorsk train station. The sentencing highlights the Russian government's use of online censorship and punishment for dissenting opinions related to the conflict in Ukraine. Because the person was sentenced *in absentia* this person may be outside of Russia.