Nevzorov was accused of posting "false information" on social media about the Russian shelling of a maternity hospital in the Sea of Azov port of Mariupol. Moscow has fiercely denied its involvement.
RUSSIA NOT COMPLYING WITH NUCLEAR ARMS TREATY, STATE DEPARTMENT WARNS CONGRESS
Television journalist Alexander Nevzorov speaks in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Feb. 24, 2012. A court in Moscow on Feb. 1, 2023, sentenced the journalist to eight years in prison on charges of disparaging the military. (AP Photo/Sergei Konkov)
Nevzorov, who moved abroad after the start of the Ukrainian conflict, didn't have an immediate comment on the verdict.
Prominent opposition politician Ilya Yashin was sentenced in December to 8½ years in prison under the same law. Another leading opposition figure, Vladimir Kara-Murza, has been in custody facing the same charges.