A Russian court has jailed the founder of an opposition Telegram channel, accusing him of spreading misinformation about the country’s armed forces.
Dmitry Ivanov will spend more than eight years in prison.
Last year, the Kremlin passed a law making it illegal to publish false information about its war in Ukraine.
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