Marina Ovsyannikova

2022 - 3 - 15

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Marina Ovsyannikova: Russian state TV journalist says it was ... (CNN)

The Russian state television journalist who took a dramatic stand against President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine during a live broadcast says it was ...

"Unfortunately, for the past few years, I have been working on Channel One and doing Kremlin propaganda, and now I am very ashamed of it," she said in the video. So I moved very quickly and I passed by the security and showed my poster," said Ovsyannikova. She was "afraid until the last minute," she added. by a district court in Moscow of organizing an "unauthorized public event." This man is Vladimir Putin," Ovsyannikova said. "It's a shame that I allowed to speak lies from the TV screens, ashamed that I allowed to zombify Russian people."

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Marina Ovsyannikova Refuses to Retract Antiwar Statements in ... (Truthout)

"I still believe that Russia committed a crime by attacking Ukraine," Ovsyannikova said in the courtroom.

The dissident, whose father is Ukrainian and mother is Russian, explained that she was interrogated for more than 14 hours while under arrest, and wasn’t allowed to call any of her family to tell them what was going on. “And the responsibility for this crime lies only on the conscience of one person, and that person is [Russia President] Vladimir Putin.” In addition to refusing to retract her statements and pleading not guilty, Ovsyannikova reiterated her viewpoints on the Kremlin’s invasion of Ukraine to the judge overseeing her case.

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YouTuber offers to cover fine for Russian TV producer's antiwar protest (Fortune)

Kevin Paffrath, who goes by Meet Kevin, on the streaming site, told Fox News he would be willing to pay up to 1 million rubles to the journalist.

I am ashamed that I let the Russian people be zombified. I am ashamed that I’ve allowed the lies to be said on the TV screens. It's what we need to help wake up that middle and older age group in Russia that's brainwashed by the Russian media, who actually think that this is some form of liberation for Ukrainians."

Russian journalist fined for live broadcast protest (unknown)

Fine of about £215 is relatively light sentence for protest that shocked Russian TV viewers and earned plaudits from western leaders.

Lawyers said it was still possible that prosecutors would press tougher charges against Ovsyannikova, but that it was less likely following Tuesday’s hearing.“There are still risks that a criminal case will be opened against Ovsyannikova, but the chances of that have sharply decreased after the fine that she received today,” said Pavel Chikov, the head of Agora International Human Rights Group. “She has been fined not for her performance, but for her video message in which she urged people to protest.”“No case has been opened yet against her performance, and the prosecutor’s office might still decide to do so,” he continued. We know there is no substitute for being there – and we’ll stay on the ground, as we did during the 1917 revolution, the Ukrainian famine of the 1930s, the collapse of 1991 and the first Russo-Ukrainian conflict in 2014. Reporting like this is vital to establish the facts, who is lying and who is telling the truth. In a photograph alongside a lawyer, she appeared unharmed and was wearing the same outfit and necklace in the colours of the Ukrainian flag as a day earlier.The Kremlin had suggested that Ovsyannikova had violated laws on hooliganism that can carry a sentence of years in prison. “And the Kremlin wouldn’t have a ready template for how to react.”Several prominent journalists have reportedly left their positions at state media since Ovsyannikova’s protest.“I’m interested by the amount of discontent inside of the system,” said Stanovaya. “Either right now this wave comes to nothing. She was detained on Tuesday evening after running on to the set of the evening news with a poster that read: “Stop the war. “But, the fact that she has already received a quick punishment indicates that a political decision has been made not to persecute her further.”Tatiana Stanovaya, a political analyst and founder of R Politik, said that there were probably differing views among Kremlin advisers about how to deal with Ovsyannikova’s case. Emmanuel Macron of France even offered her consular “protection” and said he would raise her case with Vladimir Putin.In a legal twist, Ovsyannikova was fined not for breaking onto the Channel One set but for a video statement she made before the protest in which she said she was “ashamed” of having worked at Channel One and spreading “Kremlin propaganda”.“These were indeed some of the hardest days of my life,” she told reporters following the short hearing. It’s our job at the Guardian to decipher a rapidly changing landscape, particularly when it involves a mounting refugee crisis and the risk of unthinkable escalation. While some may have lobbied for a tough response, others could have feared a backlash if the mother of two was treated too harshly.“Nobody was ready for something like this ahead of time,” she said. Photograph: AFP/Getty ImagesA Russian court has fined Marina Ovsyannikova 30,000 roubles (£215) for violating protest laws after she broke onto a live news broadcast on Channel One in an extraordinary demonstration against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The fine was a relatively light sentence for an act of protest that shocked Russian television viewers and earned plaudits from western leaders. I was in a fairly difficult position.” She also said she wasn’t surprised at her release because she had two children.Friends and supporters feared the worst after Ovsyannikova disappeared into police custody for nearly 24 hours after her arrest, suspecting that prosecutors may be preparing serious criminal charges against her.

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A Russian who protested the war on live TV refused to retract her ... (NPR)

The woman burst onto the set of the evening news and told viewers they were being lied to about the war in Ukraine. She was fined for a video in which she ...

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Russian journalist who crashed TV broadcast with antiwar message ... (The Washington Post)

Her on-air act of resistance has been praised by human rights groups, while the Kremlin dismissed it Tuesday as “hooliganism.”

Kira Yarmysh, a spokeswoman for jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, praised Ovsyannikova, sharing the video on her Twitter account. Spokesman Daniel Ferrie said more than 14,000 Russian citizens have been detained in over 140 cities across Russia for protesting the war in Ukraine. “We will launch diplomatic efforts aiming to offer [her] protection — either at the embassy but also protection through asylum,” said Macron, according to France24. I am ashamed that I let the Russian people be zombified.” After her act of protest — such an action in Russia comes at great personal risk, especially since Moscow has tightened its propaganda machine regarding the war — many leaders and international organizations expressed concern for her safety. I am ashamed that I’ve allowed the lies to be said on the TV screens.

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