Russian journalist sentenced for speaking out on Ukraine

Russian journalist sentenced for speaking out on Ukraine
Television journalist Alexander Nevzorov (AP)

A Moscow court has sentenced a Russian journalist in absentia to eight years in prison on charges of disparaging the military, the latest move in the authorities’ relentless crackdown on dissent.

Alexander Nevzorov, a television journalist and former legislator, was convicted on charges of spreading false information about the military under a law that was adopted soon after Russian President Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine.

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