.A Moscow courthouse sentenced Oscar-nominated film manufacturer Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years prison in absentia on Monday for spreading "artificial" relevant information concerning the Russian soldiers.Rodnyansky, 63, was actually birthed in Kyiv but spent many of his career in Russia, making dozens of television series and movies certainly there including Oscar-nominated crime drama "Leviathan.".He left the country shortly after it sent soldiers in to Ukraine in February 2022 and also has actually been a straightforward doubter of the Kremlin's annoying considering that, continuously denouncing it on social networking sites.Moscow's Basmanny District Court of law discovered him guilty of "spreading out knowingly untrue details regarding the use of the Russian militaries," according to a claim by Moscow's court solution.Rodnyansky pointed out the case was actually related to his "anti-war articles on Instagram" as well as claimed he firmly differed with the judgment." No Basmanny court may stop me from speaking loudly and doing what I have actually been performing all my lifestyle, making movies," he claimed in a post on Telegram.Russia has apprehended, fined and imprisoned hundreds of individuals for resisting its Ukraine aggression since February 2022-- a clampdown civil rights teams have compared to the Soviet time.Rodnyansky began his career in Ukraine, where he founded the country's initial independent television system in 1995, yet is better understood for his movie function in Russia.His 2017-produced movie "Loveless" regarding an estranged couple pushed to cooperate after their child goes overlooking gained the Jury Award at the Cannes Movie Celebration.