.A Moscow courthouse punished Oscar-nominated movie developer Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years prison in absentia on Monday for dispersing "artificial" information about the Russian soldiers.Rodnyansky, 63, was actually born in Kyiv however invested a lot of his job in Russia, generating loads of TV series as well as films certainly there consisting of Oscar-nominated crime drama "Mammoth.".He left the nation quickly after it sent out soldiers in to Ukraine in February 2022 and also has actually been a blunt movie critic of the Kremlin's objectionable given that, repeatedly denouncing it on social media sites.Moscow's Basmanny District Court of law found him guilty of "spreading out knowingly untrue details regarding the use of the Russian militaries," depending on to a statement by Moscow's court of law company.Rodnyansky claimed the scenario was associated with his "anti-war messages on Instagram" and claimed he highly differed along with the verdict." No Basmanny court of law can quit me coming from and also performing what I have actually been carrying out all my lifestyle, making movies," he mentioned in a blog post on Telegram.Russia has actually apprehended, fined and put behind bars thousands of individuals for resisting its Ukraine offensive given that February 2022-- a suppression legal rights groups have actually reviewed to the Soviet age.Rodnyansky started his profession in Ukraine, where he started the nation's first individual tv network in 1995, however is better known for his movie operate in Russia.His 2017-produced film "Loveless" about a separated couple required to work together after their child goes skipping gained the Jury Award at the Cannes Film Festival.