Washington DC, May 27 -- Director Alexander Rodnyansky, former founder of Ukraine's first indie TV network 1+1, has returned to his documentary roots. He has nearly wrapped filming a new documentary, 'Notes of a True Criminal', reported Deadline.

The director opened up about the movie's title, calling himself a "criminal" while referring to the eight-and-a-half-year sentencing in absentia he received from a Moscow court last year for spreading anti-war sentiments.

"It's called that because I'm a criminal now," quips Rodnyansky as quoted by Deadline.

Revealing more about his project, the director said that his upcoming documentary will combine elements of doc movies, which he shot at the end of the Cold War, with more recent footage fro...