.A Moscow courtroom penalized Oscar-nominated movie producer Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years prison in absentia on Monday for dispersing "phony" details regarding the Russian army.Rodnyansky, 63, was actually born in Kyiv however devoted most of his profession in Russia, producing loads of TV collection and also movies there certainly consisting of Oscar-nominated police procedural "Leviathan.".He left the country not long after it sent troops into Ukraine in February 2022 and also has been actually a straightforward critic of the Kremlin's objectionable considering that, continuously denouncing it on social networking sites.Moscow's Basmanny District Court located him bad of "dispersing purposefully incorrect details regarding using the Russian armed forces," according to a claim by Moscow's court of law company.Rodnyansky claimed the situation was related to his "anti-war messages on Instagram" and stated he strongly disagreed along with the judgment." No Basmanny court of law may stop me from and also performing what I have actually been actually performing all my lifestyle, making films," he mentioned in a post on Telegram.Russia has restrained, fined and imprisoned hundreds of individuals for opposing its Ukraine offensive given that February 2022-- a crackdown rights groups have actually matched up to the Soviet period.Rodnyansky began his job in Ukraine, where he formed the country's very first independent television network in 1995, however is actually better understood for his film do work in Russia.His 2017-produced film "Loveless" regarding an estranged married couple obliged to collaborate after their little one goes skipping won the Jury system Award at the Cannes Movie Event.