.A Moscow courtroom penalized Oscar-nominated movie manufacturer Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years prison in absentia on Monday for dispersing "bogus" info about the Russian military.Rodnyansky, 63, was actually born in Kyiv yet spent many of his job in Russia, creating dozens of television series as well as movies there consisting of Oscar-nominated police procedural "Mammoth.".He left behind the country shortly after it sent out troops right into Ukraine in February 2022 and has actually been actually a frank doubter of the Kremlin's repulsive since, frequently knocking it on social media sites.Moscow's Basmanny District Court discovered him responsible of "spreading out intentionally misleading relevant information regarding using the Russian armies," according to a statement through Moscow's court service.Rodnyansky claimed the instance was related to his "anti-war posts on Instagram" as well as said he strongly disagreed with the verdict." No Basmanny court of law may stop me coming from speaking loudly and performing what I have actually been actually performing all my lifestyle, making movies," he stated in a blog post on Telegram.Russia has actually apprehended, fined as well as imprisoned thousands of individuals for resisting its Ukraine offensive because February 2022-- a suppression civil liberties groups have reviewed to the Soviet era.Rodnyansky began his profession in Ukraine, where he formed the nation's initial independent tv system in 1995, yet is a lot better known for his film do work in Russia.His 2017-produced film "Loveless" concerning a separated married couple obliged to collaborate after their kid goes missing out on succeeded the Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festivity.