.A Moscow courthouse penalized Oscar-nominated film manufacturer Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years prison in absentia on Monday for dispersing "phony" details concerning the Russian army.Rodnyansky, 63, was born in Kyiv yet devoted the majority of his career in Russia, generating lots of TV set as well as movies certainly there featuring Oscar-nominated crime drama "Leviathan.".He left behind the nation quickly after it delivered soldiers in to Ukraine in February 2022 as well as has been a forthright movie critic of the Kremlin's objectionable considering that, frequently knocking it on social media.Moscow's Basmanny Area Court found him responsible of "spreading out intentionally false information concerning making use of the Russian armies," according to a statement by Moscow's court service.Rodnyansky mentioned the situation was actually connected to his "anti-war articles on Instagram" as well as stated he strongly differed with the decision." No Basmanny court of law can easily quit me coming from and also doing what I have been actually doing all my lifestyle, making movies," he said in a post on Telegram.Russia has actually restrained, fined and also jailed lots of individuals for resisting its own Ukraine onslaught since February 2022-- a clampdown civil rights groups have actually reviewed to the Soviet time.Rodnyansky began his job in Ukraine, where he formed the nation's very first independent tv system in 1995, but is actually a lot better known for his movie do work in Russia.His 2017-produced movie "Loveless" regarding an estranged couple compelled to interact after their child goes missing out on won the Jury system Reward at the Cannes Film Event.