.A Moscow courtroom punished Oscar-nominated film producer Alexander Rodnyansky to eight-and-a-half years jail in absentia on Monday for spreading "phony" relevant information concerning the Russian army.Rodnyansky, 63, was actually birthed in Kyiv however spent most of his profession in Russia, creating lots of television collection as well as films there featuring Oscar-nominated police procedural "Mammoth.".He left behind the country not long after it sent soldiers into Ukraine in February 2022 and also has been actually an outspoken critic of the Kremlin's offensive considering that, repetitively denouncing it on social networks.Moscow's Basmanny District Court found him bad of "dispersing purposefully untrue relevant information regarding using the Russian armies," depending on to a statement through Moscow's court service.Rodnyansky stated the situation was connected to his "anti-war articles on Instagram" as well as said he strongly differed with the judgment." No Basmanny court of law can stop me coming from and also performing what I have actually been actually performing all my lifestyle, bring in movies," he claimed in a blog post on Telegram.Russia has detained, fined and jailed hundreds of individuals for resisting its own Ukraine aggression due to the fact that February 2022-- a crackdown legal rights groups have actually matched up to the Soviet period.Rodnyansky started his profession in Ukraine, where he created the country's very first independent tv system in 1995, however is actually better known for his film operate in Russia.His 2017-produced film "Loveless" about a withheld pair obliged to interact after their youngster goes missing gained the Jury system Award at the Cannes Film Celebration.