.A Moscow courthouse penalized Oscar-nominated film producer Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years prison in absentia on Monday for dispersing "artificial" information regarding the Russian army.Rodnyansky, 63, was actually birthed in Kyiv however invested many of his profession in Russia, making dozens of TV series as well as films there certainly including Oscar-nominated crime drama "Behemoth.".He left behind the country soon after it delivered troops in to Ukraine in February 2022 as well as has actually been actually a candid doubter of the Kremlin's repulsive considering that, repetitively denouncing it on social media sites.Moscow's Basmanny Area Court discovered him guilty of "spreading purposefully inaccurate relevant information about making use of the Russian armies," depending on to a declaration by Moscow's court of law solution.Rodnyansky mentioned the case was actually connected to his "anti-war messages on Instagram" as well as mentioned he firmly disagreed with the judgment." No Basmanny court can easily cease me from speaking loudly as well as performing what I have been actually performing all my lifestyle, bring in films," he said in a message on Telegram.Russia has confined, fined as well as imprisoned thousands of folks for resisting its own Ukraine onslaught because February 2022-- a suppression legal rights teams have compared to the Soviet period.Rodnyansky started his job in Ukraine, where he formed the nation's first independent television system in 1995, but is actually a lot better understood for his movie do work in Russia.His 2017-produced movie "Loveless" about a separated married couple obliged to cooperate after their little one goes skipping succeeded the Court Prize at the Cannes Film Festivity.