A Russian court sentenced Marina Ovsyannikova, the former state journalist to eight-and-a-half years in prison in absentia, APA reports citing The Moscow Times.
Moscow’s Basmanny District Court convicted Ovsyannikova, who is currently living outside of Russia, of spreading false information about the Russian army.
According to the independent news outlet Sota, the court also banned Ovsyannikova from running websites and social media accounts for four years.
Russian broadcaster RTVI reports that Ovsyannikova is currently in France.
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