.A Moscow courthouse sentenced Oscar-nominated film producer Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years prison in absentia on Monday for dispersing "phony" details concerning the Russian soldiers.Rodnyansky, 63, was actually born in Kyiv yet devoted the majority of his job in Russia, generating lots of TV collection and also movies there consisting of Oscar-nominated police procedural "Behemoth.".He left behind the nation shortly after it delivered troops into Ukraine in February 2022 and has actually been a blunt doubter of the Kremlin's offensive given that, consistently knocking it on social media.Moscow's Basmanny Area Court of law found him guilty of "spreading knowingly false details concerning the use of the Russian armies," depending on to a declaration by Moscow's court of law solution.Rodnyansky stated the instance was actually related to his "anti-war messages on Instagram" and said he highly differed along with the verdict." No Basmanny court may quit me coming from as well as doing what I have been carrying out all my life, bring in movies," he claimed in a post on Telegram.Russia has actually detained, fined and also put behind bars lots of folks for opposing its Ukraine aggression given that February 2022-- a crackdown legal rights teams have actually contrasted to the Soviet period.Rodnyansky started his career in Ukraine, where he started the nation's initial independent television system in 1995, but is actually a lot better known for his film operate in Russia.His 2017-produced film "Loveless" concerning a separated married couple forced to interact after their kid goes overlooking succeeded the Jury Award at the Cannes Film Event.