The Russian TV journalist who posed with an anti-war placard during a news broadcast on Russian state television in March has been arrested over a new protest action. Her lawyer reports this on Telegram.
Marina Ovshannikova protested near the Kremlin. Her lawyer says it is unknown where she now resides.
Ovshannikova became world news after she interrupted a live broadcast of Russia’s main state broadcaster in March with slogans such as ‘stop the war’. “Don’t believe the propaganda, they’re lying to you” read a protest sign that she could display behind the newscaster for a few seconds.
After her action, Ovshannikova was imprisoned and interrogated for 14 hours, after which she was fined 30,000 rubles (almost 260 euros). She was then released, knowing she faced a 15-year prison sentence for spreading “false information.” She resigned from the state broadcaster she worked for, but refused the political asylum that France was offering her.
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