Russian authorities have raided the home of a former state television journalist who resigned after protesting the war in Ukraine on air.
Marina Ovsyannikova gained international attention the following March breaks into a Russian state television studiohis then employer, to denounce the war in Ukraine.
She was holding a sign that said, “Stop the war, don’t believe the propaganda, you’re being lied to here.”
She was then the editor of the evening news program Vremya, but after leaving her job, Ms. Ovsyannikova became something of an activist, organizing anti-war pickets and speaking out against the conflict.
she was fined for violating protest laws and later took to social media to condemn those responsible for the ongoing war. She was fined 30,000 rubles (around £223.40 at the time).
He later told Sky Moscow correspondent Diana Magnay that he does not regret his actions facing hostility from all sides – including his family.
Moscow has now opened a criminal case against her, accused of spreading false information about the Russian armed forces, her lawyer said on social media.
If convicted, she faces up to 15 years in prison.
Her lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov told independent news site Meduza that the case is likely related to a protest Ovsyannikova staged last month, holding a banner that read “(Russian President Vladimir) Putin is a murderer, his soldiers they are fascists.”
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Marina Ovsyannikova walked behind the presenter in a bulletin on Channel One
After the attack, Ms. Ovsyannikova is expected to be brought to the Investigative Committee for questioning, she told Telegram.
She has been fined twice more in recent weeks for disparaging the military in a critical Facebook post and for comments she made in court where opposition figure Ilya Yashin was detained pending trial on charges of spreading false information about the military.