The creator of the Metro sequence of books, Dmitry Glukhovsky, has been sentenced to eight years in jail by Russian prosecutors.
As reported by the Associated Press, the author – whose books have been tailored into the Metro video video games – has been discovered responsible of purposefully spreading what it deems to be false details about Russia’s warfare in Ukraine. The nation handed a invoice which laid out a jail sentence of as much as 15 years for spreading info deemed “faux” which matches in opposition to the federal government’s official narrative surrounding the battle.
Glukhovsky seemingly will not be dealing with this time in jail, having left Russia earlier than it invaded Ukraine. His present whereabouts are unknown.
In April 2022, the creator mentioned that the warfare “unleashed by Putin is changing into extra horrible and inhuman day-after-day, and the pretexts underneath which it was began look increasingly insignificant and false.”
Earlier this yr, in a post on Instagram, Glukhovsky wrote: “Ukraine has been resisting Putin’s aggression for a yr now,” he wrote in February. “Because it was a yr in the past, I’m fairly satisfied that this warfare is simply as harmful for Russia and our folks as it’s deadly and harmful for the folks of Ukraine I really like.
“I really feel terribly sorry for all of the human lives misplaced on this monstrous unjust warfare by a tyrant who simply needed to protect energy and make historical past. I nonetheless demand from the Russian authorities to right away cease this mindless and futile anti-national warfare and to withdraw troops from the territory of Ukraine.”