.A Moscow court sentenced Oscar-nominated movie developer Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years prison in absentia on Monday for spreading “fake” information regarding the Russian soldiers.Rodnyansky, 63, was birthed in Kyiv but devoted most of his job in Russia, creating lots of television series as well as films there consisting of Oscar-nominated crime drama “Behemoth.”.He left behind the country shortly after it delivered soldiers into Ukraine in February 2022 and has been a candid movie critic of the Kremlin’s offending given that, consistently knocking it on social networks.Moscow’s Basmanny District Court discovered him bad of “dispersing knowingly untrue info concerning the use of the Russian armed forces,” depending on to a statement through Moscow’s court company.Rodnyansky said the scenario was connected to his “anti-war blog posts on Instagram” and mentioned he firmly disagreed along with the decision.” No Basmanny court can cease me coming from speaking loudly and doing what I have actually been carrying out all my life, making films,” he stated in a message on Telegram.Russia has actually apprehended, fined and also jailed thousands of people for opposing its own Ukraine onslaught considering that February 2022– a crackdown liberties groups have actually compared to the Soviet period.Rodnyansky began his career in Ukraine, where he established the nation’s first private television system in 1995, however is actually much better known for his movie do work in Russia.His 2017-produced film “Loveless” regarding an estranged couple forced to work together after their youngster goes missing won the Jury Award at the Cannes Film Event.