Nadezhda Buyanova, a 68-year-old paediatrician denounced by a patient's mother for an alleged unpatriotic statement and accused of blaming Russia's armed forces for a military conflict against Ukraine, stands inside an enclosure for defendants during a court hearing in Moscow, Russia November 12, 2024. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

Russia has sentenced a doctor to prison on accusations that she criticized the war in Ukraine in front of patients.

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