The prosecutor demanded that director Ivan Vyrypaev be sentenced to ten years in prison. This was reported by RIA News.
Vyrypaev is accused of spreading false information about the Russian military in a special military operations zone in Ukraine. The hearing of the case is being held in Moscow Basmanny Court. The decision will be announced on December 15.
In May, the Moscow Basmanny Court arrested in absentia filmmaker Alexander Rodnyansky (recognized in the Russian Federation as a foreign agent) and director Ivan Vyrypaev on charges of spreading false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces in the special zone. Military operation in Ukraine.
The court accepted the prosecutor’s request and Rodnyansky and Vyrypaev were placed on the international wanted list. The charge against the filmmakers includes a charge of knowingly disseminating false information for political reasons, for which the maximum penalty is 10 years in prison.
The filmmaker’s defense appealed the court decision; The date for evaluating the objection has not yet been determined.
Ivan Vyrypaev, former director of the Praktika theater, author of the films “Oxygen”, “Euphoria”, author of a collection of short stories “Dance of Delhi”, founder of the WEDA production company in Poland, announced in May 2022 that he renounced his Russian citizenship and He took Polish.
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