German artist Jacques Tilly's previous carnival designs include a float featuring Russia's President Vladimir Putin bathing in blood

German artist Jacques Tilly's previous carnival designs include a float featuring Russia's President Vladimir Putin bathing in blood

 INA FASSBENDER

A German artist known for his carnival floats that satirise politicians has been sentenced in absentia to eight years and six months in jail by a court in Moscow, German media reported Thursday.

Jacques Tilly, head float designer for the Rose Monday carnival parade in the city of Duesseldorf, was convicted of "offending religious feelings and spreading false information about the Russian military", according to Der Spiegel magazine.

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