.A Moscow courthouse sentenced Oscar-nominated film manufacturer Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years jail in absentia on Monday for dispersing "phony" information concerning the Russian army.Rodnyansky, 63, was actually birthed in Kyiv but invested a lot of his occupation in Russia, producing lots of television series and films certainly there consisting of Oscar-nominated police procedural "Leviathan.".He left behind the country soon after it delivered soldiers in to Ukraine in February 2022 and has been a forthright movie critic of the Kremlin's offensive due to the fact that, repetitively knocking it on social media sites.Moscow's Basmanny Area Court of law discovered him responsible of "spreading out purposefully inaccurate details concerning the use of the Russian armies," depending on to a statement by Moscow's court of law company.Rodnyansky stated the instance was actually connected to his "anti-war messages on Instagram" and also said he definitely disagreed along with the verdict." No Basmanny court may cease me from and doing what I have been performing all my life, creating movies," he said in an article on Telegram.Russia has actually apprehended, fined and also jailed 1000s of folks for opposing its own Ukraine aggression due to the fact that February 2022-- a suppression civil liberties teams have actually reviewed to the Soviet age.Rodnyansky started his occupation in Ukraine, where he started the nation's initial private tv system in 1995, however is actually much better known for his movie work in Russia.His 2017-produced movie "Loveless" concerning a separated pair pushed to collaborate after their little one goes overlooking gained the Jury system Prize at the Cannes Movie Festival.