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Four former Crimean prosecutors were sentenced in absentia for high treason, Ukrinform reported on November 15, 2026. The group includes a former deputy prosecutor of Kerch, a senior prosecutor from the Bakhchysarai District Prosecutor's Office, and two former prosecutors from the Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. The report did not name the court that issued the sentences or give the length of the terms handed down.