Former Russian state TV employee Marina Ovsyannikova, who staged an anti-war protest on live state television and was later charged with public activity aimed at discrediting the Russian army amid Ukraine-Russia conflict, attends a court hearing in Moscow, Russia, July 28, 2022.EVGENIA N...
A court in Moscow on Wednesday handed a former state TV journalist an 8 1/2-year prison term in absentia for protesting Russia's war in Ukraine, the latest in a months-long crackdown against dissent that has intensified since Moscow's invasion 20 months ago. Marina Ovsyannikova was charged...
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and shoot a little video with homemade children's posters - no to war - for my (friend in Ukraine), for the whole Ukrainian people - to support, to say that we care, that we also die here from grief and pain."
"Today, the eyes of the world are on Ukraine and the brave people who are fighting to protect their country and their democracy," she said. "And their bravery is a reminder that freedom and democracy can never be taken for granted by any of us." ...
Appearing on ABC News in her first American broadcast interview, Ovsyannikova explained her “spontaneous decision” to protest what she described as “Putin’s war” on air. Ovsyannikova stressed that a majority of Russians are against the war on Ukraine. ...
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the fact that Russians were leaving their country to avoid conscription shows that the war in Ukraine is “unpopular.” “What Putin is doing — he is not coming from a place of strength,” Jean-Pierre told reporters. “He is c...
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Marina Ovsyannikova, the employee of a Russia state-owned TV channel who disrupted a live broadcast to protest the war in Ukraine, is speaking out after being detained for her on-air actions. During Monday night's telecast, she burst onto the set with a sign that read: "Stop the war. ...
to have spread "false" information on the war in Ukraine can face up to 15 years in prison. Even calling the war a war, or using the word "invasion" are banned under the law. It was implemented as anti-war protests across the country resulted in at least 15,000 people being arreste...