The Moscow Basmanny Court arrested in absentia filmmaker Alexander Rodnyansky (known as a foreign agent in the Russian Federation) and director Ivan Vyrypaev on charges of spreading false information about the actions of the Russian Armed Forces in the zone of special military operations in Ukraine. . It has been reported TASS.
It was noted that the court accepted the prosecutor’s request. Rodnyansky and Vyrypaev are on the international wanted list.
The defense of the filmmaker objected to the court decision, the date of the objection to be discussed has not been determined yet. As for the second defendant, the decision was not appealed and entered into force.
The composition attributed to Rodnyansky and Vyrypaev is accused of deliberately spreading misinformation for political reasons, the maximum penalty for which is 10 years in a colony.
Previously the Moscow Golovinsky Tribunal sent Colombian citizen Saray Giraldo was sentenced to 5 years and 2 months in prison for spreading false news about the Russian Armed Forces “at the behest of a US company”.
It was learned that the court was also. announced He is on the wanted list of Saratov deputy Oleg Nepein from the Communist Party of the Russian Federation in case of forgery against the Russian Armed Forces.
On February 24, 2022, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had decided to conduct a special military operation in Ukraine in response to a request for assistance from the heads of the LPR and DPR.