Journalist Mikhail Zygar has been sentenced in absentia to 8.5 years in a Russian penal colony.
This decision was made by the Basmanny Court in Moscow. Zygar was found guilty under the article on “military fakes.” The charge was based on a post he made in the summer of 2022 about the massacre in Bucha.
Zygar left Russia shortly after the war began, and in October 2022, Russian authorities designated him as a “foreign agent.” In April of this year, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs put him on the wanted list.
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