A Russian court sentenced a Moscow paediatrician to 5-1/2 years in a penal colony on Tuesday, Russian media said, after the mother of one of her patients publicly denounced her over comments about Russian soldiers in Ukraine.

The 68-year-old paediatrician was convicted of spreading false information about the Russian military, in a case that drew widespread condemnation.

A Russian court sentenced Moscow paediatrician Nadezhda Buyanova to 5-1/2 years in a penal colony for allegedly spreading false information about the Russian military. The conviction follows a video complaint by a mother and is part of a broader trend of prosecutions for anti-war sentiments in Russia.

Dr. Nadezhda Buyanova, 68, was arrested after the mother of one of her patients reported the pediatrician to authorities.

But back in February, she was arrested and charged with spreading false information about the Russian armed forces. After a short spell under house arrest, she was placed in pre-t

A Russian court on Tuesday sentenced a Moscow paediatrician to five and a half years in a penal colony, state news agency TASS said, after the mother of one of her patients publicly denounced her for comments she made about Russian soldiers in Ukraine.

A Moscow court on Tuesday sentenced a pediatrician to five-and-a-half years in prison for criticizing the war in Ukraine during a patient visit earlier this year. Nadezhda Buyanova, 68, was found guilty of spreading "fake" information on the Russian army under wartime laws used to silence dissent.