.A Moscow courthouse sentenced Oscar-nominated film developer Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years prison in absentia on Monday for spreading out "artificial" information about the Russian army.Rodnyansky, 63, was actually born in Kyiv yet spent most of his career in Russia, making lots of television series and motion pictures there certainly featuring Oscar-nominated crime drama "Leviathan.".He left the nation soon after it sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022 and also has been a forthright doubter of the Kremlin's objectionable given that, frequently knocking it on social networks.Moscow's Basmanny Area Court located him bad of "dispersing purposefully incorrect information regarding the use of the Russian militaries," depending on to a declaration through Moscow's court solution.Rodnyansky claimed the situation was associated with his "anti-war messages on Instagram" and also claimed he highly disagreed along with the decision." No Basmanny court of law can cease me from and also doing what I have actually been carrying out all my lifestyle, making movies," he pointed out in a post on Telegram.Russia has confined, fined as well as jailed countless people for resisting its Ukraine offensive since February 2022-- a suppression liberties teams have actually contrasted to the Soviet era.Rodnyansky started his job in Ukraine, where he launched the nation's 1st private television system in 1995, however is actually better understood for his movie operate in Russia.His 2017-produced movie "Loveless" concerning a separated couple required to interact after their youngster goes overlooking won the Jury Reward at the Cannes Movie Event.