Russian court sentences Jacques Tilly to prison

A court in Moscow has sentenced the German sculptor Jacques Tilly in absentia to eight years and six months in prison. Judge Konstantin Ochirov ruled in the controversial criminal proceedings that Tilly was guilty of offending religious feelings and spreading false news about the Russian armed forces. The background to the case is the carnival floats built by Tilly, which criticize Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and the war he ordered in Ukraine.