.A Moscow courtroom sentenced Oscar-nominated movie developer Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years prison in absentia on Monday for dispersing "phony" details about the Russian military.Rodnyansky, 63, was born in Kyiv yet spent many of his profession in Russia, making loads of television series and also motion pictures there featuring Oscar-nominated crime drama "Leviathan.".He left the nation quickly after it sent troops right into Ukraine in February 2022 and has been actually a blunt critic of the Kremlin's repulsive considering that, frequently denouncing it on social networking sites.Moscow's Basmanny District Court located him responsible of "spreading purposefully untrue relevant information regarding using the Russian armed forces," according to a statement through Moscow's court of law company.Rodnyansky claimed the case was actually associated with his "anti-war blog posts on Instagram" and also mentioned he firmly differed with the verdict." No Basmanny court of law may quit me coming from as well as performing what I have been actually carrying out all my life, bring in movies," he mentioned in a message on Telegram.Russia has restrained, fined and incarcerated thousands of individuals for resisting its Ukraine offensive since February 2022-- a crackdown legal rights teams have compared to the Soviet period.Rodnyansky began his job in Ukraine, where he established the nation's initial individual television network in 1995, however is much better understood for his movie function in Russia.His 2017-produced film "Loveless" about a separated couple compelled to cooperate after their child goes overlooking succeeded the Jury Reward at the Cannes Movie Festival.