Russian journalist sentenced in absentia to eight years in jail for 'fake news'

Russian journalist given jail sentence for spreading 'fake news' about military

Russian journalist Alexander Nevzorov has been sentenced in absentia to eight years in prison. A court in Moscow said on Wednesday that he spread "false information" about the military.

Jail term for journalist over ‘fake news’ about Russian army

Alexander Nevzorov sentenced in absentia for saying a maternity hospital in Ukraine was shelled on purpose

Russian journalist sentenced for speaking out on Ukraine

A court in Moscow on Wednesday 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.

Controversial Russian journalist sentenced for ‘military fakes’

Journalist Aleksandr Nevzorov has been sentenced in absentia for disseminating false information about the Russian military

Russian journalist gets 8 years in prison over Ukraine coverage

Court says Alexander Nevzorov is guilty of publishing ‘fake information about the deliberate bombing by Russian army on the maternity hospital in Mariupol.’

Ukraine war coverage lands exiled Russia journalist Alexander Nevzorov a prison sentence

Nevzorov, a veteran journalist and ex-politician, was persecuted for saying Russian forces had deliberately shelled a maternity hospital in besieged Mariupol.