Marina Ovsyannikova

A Russian television presenter, who staged an on-air protest over her country's invasion of Ukraine has said she has no plans to flee, despite fears for her ...

In Russian, it said: "NO WAR. Stop the war. repeatedly and could still be heard after the broadcast was switched to an alternative output. It is not clear if she will face other, more serious, charges.

A Russian journalist who hijacked a state television broadcast to denounce the war in Ukraine has said she is worried for her safety and hoped her protest ...

Please update your billing details here to continue enjoying your access to the most informative and considered journalism in the UK. Please update your billing details here to continue enjoying your subscription. The editor for the flagship state television channel, which has presented a selective and one-sided view of the conflict in Ukraine, said she was arrested and interrogated for more than 14 hours before appearing in a Moscow court yesterday.The mother-of-two said today that she had no plans to flee Russia and that she hoped she would not face further criminal charges, as her

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He said he was “grateful” for Russians who fight to tell the truth, and that he was grateful “to the lady who walked into the studio of Channel One with a poster against the war.” “What is happening in Ukraine is a crime and Russia is the aggressor. “People seem nervous аbout going off script, or even аbout what, exactly, their script is supposed to be,” she continued, further highlighting the bravery of Ovsyannikova’s actions. That person is Vladimir Putin,” she continues while wearing a necklace in the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag. The 43-year-old is a mum of two, whose ex-husband is a Russia Today employee. The ultimate punishment is up to 15 years in prison.

Marina Ovsyannikova, 43, said she will remain in Russia despite fears Putin will retaliate further over her protest of the Ukraine war, saying she wants to ...

Russian media reports that she is set to be charged with organising an unauthorised protest.

During her one-woman protest on Monday, the Channel One employee stood behind news anchor Ekaterina Andreeva holding a sign bearing the message: “NO WAR. Stop the war. And Russia is the aggressor here. It was really terrible,” she told the BBC. And responsibility for this aggression rests on the conscience of a single man: Vladimir Putin. Don’t believe the propaganda. “It was my anti-war decision.

The Russian journalist who interrupted a state TV news broadcast by holding up a sign protesting against the country's invasion of Ukraine has been fined. There ...

and allowed the Russian people to be zombified". Now the whole world has turned away from us, and even 10 generations of our descendants will not be enough to wash away the shame of this fratricidal war. "We, the Russian people, thoughtful and smart. Channel One, which is broadcast throughout Russia and has more than 250 million viewers worldwide, said it was conducting an internal review into the incident, TASS reported. In Russian, it said: "NO WAR. Stop the war. No war!"

Marina Ovsyannikova expressed deep unease over war in Ukraine before live protest in Channel One news studio.

I am very worried for her of course,” said her friend.The friend, who has known Ovsyannikova for a number of years, described her as a “very big-hearted woman” who “really cares about people, about her friends”.“At the same time, like someone who has been working for the state, she was extremely scared of the system and losing the life she built up. At the same time, the friend said she had previously “looked down” on Ovsyannikova for working for the state-run Channel One. “I was a bit snobbish,” the friend said. The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said he was thankful “personally to that woman who went in the studio of Channel One with an anti-war poster”.Within hours of her protest, more than 40,000 people had left comments on Ovsyannikova’s Facebook page, with many praising her for taking a stand.News outlets in Russia have been forced to blur out her anti-war poster in their reports because of strict censorship rules which require media to avoid the use of the words “war”, “attack”, or “invasion”.Novaya Gazeta, an independent newspaper with a correspondent covering the war in Ukraine, said it had blurred out the sign because it contained content that the media watchdog, Roskomnadzor, had forbidden it from sharing.The friend who had earlier dismissed Ovsyannikova’s work said they felt both pride and fear for her after seeing her protest. Until last night.”Ovsyannikova’s Facebook page indicates that she lived a comfortable life, often posting pictures from beachside resorts across the Mediterranean, as well as her children and golden retrievers.“She had a very good life, living comfortably and travelling a lot,” added the friend, who said they had not expected Ovsyannikova to go through with her protest.Another acquaintance of Ovsyannikova described her as an “empathic and bright” person. The friend said that Ovsyannikova, who has a Ukrainian parent, had been expressing deep unease over Russia’s actions since the war started.Ovsyannikova also released a pre-recorded video via the OVD-Info human rights group in which she expressed her shame at working for Channel One. “Regrettably, for a number of years, I worked on Channel One and worked on Kremlin propaganda, I am very ashamed of this right now,” she said in the video.Lawyers had been unable to find Ovsyannikova for nearly 24 hours after her protest, which was an extraordinary act of defiance given that Russia had ramped up its already strict censorship laws when the war began.She reappeared on Tuesday evening in a Moscow courtroom alongside lawyer Anton Gashishky. According to Novaya Gazeta, Ovsyannikova was charged with an administrative offence for holding an unauthorised protest. Those could include “knowingly spreading false information” about Russia’s armed forces, which carries a maximum sentence of 15 years in prison.The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the actions of Ovsyannikova amounted to “hooliganism”, a charge that could put her behind bars for up to eight years.The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has said his country would be willing to offer Ovsyannikova diplomatic “protection” and asylum in France. Macron said he would personally discuss Ovsyannikova’s case with Putin as he visited an aid centre for Ukrainian refugees in western France on Tuesday.The text exchanges indicate that Ovsyannikova was aware of the consequences her actions could entail. 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. They’re lying to you here.” She was arrested shortly afterwards and has not been heard from since.“The anger has been building up with her ever since the war started,” said a friend of Ovsyannikova’s, who asked to stay anonymous. The friend recalled how Ovsyannikova once used her position at Channel One to find “the best” surgeon to help someone she barely knew. It can be punished with a short jail term of ten days or a fine.In a photograph taken in the courtroom, Ovsyannikova appeared unharmed and was wearing the same necklace in the colours of the Ukrainian flag as during her protest.Her disappearance in police custody had raised concerns that she could be facing pressure to recant or that authorities could be preparing to slap her with more serious charges.Marina Ovsyannikova risked jail by opposing Putin on TV. Here’s why we fear for herCiting a source, Russia’s state-run Tass news agency reported that Russia’s Investigative Committee had opened an investigation into her case. “Two days ago, she told me how she was going to do it.”The Guardian has seen a number of exchanged messages in which Ovsyannikova informs the friend about her plans. Marina Ovsyannikova burst on to the set of Channel One during the national evening news holding a poster that read “Stop the war.

Heroic protestor Marina Ovsyannikova who interrupted Russia's most-watched news show live on air to protest the invasion of Ukraine has miraculously avoided ...

The editor could face charges that carry a maximum 15-year jail sentence for her demonstration.

Navalny also spoke out and described Ovsyannikova as “wonderful”. Speaking in court on Tuesday, the Kremlin opposition leader said: “You can’t imprison everyone. “To those who are not afraid to protest, while your country has not yet closed itself off from the whole world. “Ashamed that I was allowed to tell lies from the television screen. According to state media reports, Ovsyannikova was born in Odesa in 1978 and has two children. She continued: “We were just silently watching this anti-human regime. No to war.”

Marina Ovsyannikova, a Russian state television employee, burst onto the set of a live news show on Monday to denounce the invasion of Ukraine.

Ovsyannikova added that she was ashamed to have helped broadcast lies and “ashamed that I allowed the zombification of the Russian people.” They are lying to you here.” Don’t believe the propaganda.

'My father is Ukrainian. My mother is Russian. And they've never been enemies,' the woman said in a video recorded before the astonishing protest on ...

And Russia is the aggressor here. “Stop the war. Don’t believe the propaganda.

A NEWS editor at a Russian TV station has been thanked by the Ukrainian president after interrupting a live broadcast to stage an anti-war protest.

Marina Ovsyannikova held up a homemade poster behind a Channel One news anchor during an evening news bulletin. The invasion of Ukraine is being characterised in Russia as a “special military operation”. Marina Ovsyannikova held up a homemade poster behind a Channel One news anchor during an evening news bulletin.

Act of dissent comes amid crackdown on independent journalism and anti-war protests in Russia.

The responsibility for that aggression lies on the conscience of only one man, and that man is Vladimir Putin,” she said. “And personally to the woman who entered the studio of Channel One with a poster against the war.” She said her father was Ukrainian, and her mother, Russian. Pavel Chikov, head of Agora, said Ovsyannikova had been arrested and taken to a Moscow police station. To those who fight disinformation and tell the truth, real facts to their friends and loved ones,” Zelenskyy said. She could be heard shouting “Stop the war.

The sign said: 'NO WAR. Stop the war. Don't believe propaganda. They are lying to you here.'

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NationalWorld is a new national news brand, produced by a team of journalists, editors, video producers and designers who live and work across the UK. Find out more about who’s who in the team, and our editorial values. And the responsibility for this crime lies only on the conscience of one person, and that person is Vladimir Putin. My father is Ukrainian, my mother is Russian. A message from the editor:Thank you for reading. “And ten more generations of our descendants will not be able to wash away the shame of this fratricidal war. We are the Russian people. Almost 15,000 people, including children and the elderly, have been detained for protesting against the war.

During a live news broadcast on Channel One, Russia's most popular TV channel, Marina Ovsyannikova walked behind the presenter with a placard denouncing the ...

and allowed the Russian people to be zombified". "We, the Russian people, thoughtful and smart. In Russian, it said: "NO WAR. Stop the war. Now the whole world has turned away from us, and even 10 generations of our descendants will not be enough to wash away the shame of this fratricidal war. During the on-air protest, the placard in English read: "No war. "She has been imprisoned for more than 12 hours.

The British government has said it is worried for the safety of a journalist who staged an anti-war protest live on Russian TV.

Press freedom is incredibly important and these these acts of defiance – we see people protesting on the streets in Russia, we saw that protest on the Russian news programme – these are incredibly important. "And it's really important they understand the truth of what's going on. But it's really important that the Russian people understand what is being done in their name.

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“Russia is an aggressor country and Vladimir Putin is solely responsible for that aggression.” Russian President Mr Putin recently signed into law a measure that criminalises the spread of information that is considered by the Kremlin to be “fake” news. Ms Ovsyannikova is believed to have been born in Ukrainian city Odessa, and to have a Russian mother and Ukrainian father. The decision to investigate the incident under this law was taken at an “emergency meeting” of law enforcement officers, said the report. They praised the woman, identified as Marina Ovsyannikova, for showing “more courage in 10 seconds than many of us are likely to in a lifetime”. In an audacious act, she walked in on Russia’s most-watched news show, with a placard, and told viewers “They’re lying to you here” and “Stop the War!”

Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at state-controlled Channel One, ran onto set holding a sign criticising the Ukraine war.

“And the next 10 generations won’t wash away the stain of this fratricidal war. This necklace I’m wearing is a symbol of that fact that Russia must immediately end this fratricidal war and our fraternal peoples will still be able to reconcile. Ashamed that I allowed others to zombify Russian people. Ashamed that I allowed lies to be broadcast from TV screens. “What is happening in Ukraine is a crime. Here’s everything you need to know about Ms Ovsyannikova and her protest.

Marina Ovsyannikova stormed onto the set of a live news broadcast on Russian state TV yesterday holding a banner denouncing Moscow's 'propaganda' about the ...

it shows a huge degree of bravery for those individuals to protest against what we know is an oppressive, authoritarian state, but it’s really important that the Russian people understand what is being done in their name. “I am grateful to those Russians who do not stop trying to convey the truth. And Russia is the aggressor here. She held aloft the sign behind news anchor Ekaterina Andreeva during a live broadcast which read: “NO WAR. Stop the war. And responsibility for this aggression rests on the conscience of a single man: Vladimir Putin. Don’t believe the propaganda.

Russia is well used to turning critics into political prisoners. And its terrible penal system will play a huge part in the repression to come, says Judith ...

Reporting like this is vital to establish the facts, who is lying and who is telling the truth. 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. Greater numbers of people can keep track of the global events shaping our world, understand their impact on people and communities, and become inspired to take meaningful action. Not quite the millions of the Gulag, but heading in that direction.Ukraine has its own network of prisons and there are unknown numbers of secret penal facilities in the previously occupied territories, which have been used for illegal detentions and are sites of alleged war crimes. Tens of millions have placed their trust in the Guardian’s fearless journalism since we started publishing 200 years ago, turning to us in moments of crisis, uncertainty, solidarity and hope. Our correspondents are on the ground in Ukraine covering the war, as well as throughout the world, delivering round-the-clock reporting and analysis during this perilous moment. And its penal system will play a huge part in the repression to come Russian state television employee Marina Ovsyannikova made a pre-recorded video statement before bursting on to a live television broadcast to protest Russia’s war on Ukraine. Composite: AFP/Channel One/GettyRussian state television employee Marina Ovsyannikova made a pre-recorded video statement before bursting on to a live television broadcast to protest Russia’s war on Ukraine. Composite: AFP/Channel One/Getty recently spoke to a Russian historian who gave me his prognosis on the consequences of the war in Ukraine for human rights in Russia: “Mass repression and concentration camps.” Already nearly 15,000 people have been detained in Russia for participating in demonstrations against the war. 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. His rhetoric thus downgrades the Ukrainian professional armed forces to the status of terrorists, while the status that will be afforded to Ukrainian paramilitaries, volunteers and the civilians who aided in the making petrol bombs, for instance, remains unclear.The evidence of the past eight years is that Russia’s preference will be to transfer the people it seizes in Ukraine to the Russian heartland. It is inconceivable that Putin’s monstrous plan to rebuild the Russian empire did not factor in the need to reserve places in the country’s penal institutions to accommodate the new generation of political prisoners.In recent years, Russia has boasted that it has reduced the number of prisoners in the country, presenting this as evidence of the humanisation of its justice system (this is a myth, but that is another conversation). Today, there are about 380,000 people serving sentences in different categories of correctional institutions, with another 100,000 or so awaiting trial in sizos. The large cache of internal prison service videos smuggled out of Russia in November of last year shows that that torture and inhuman and degrading treatment of prisoners is systemic in Russian correctional institutions. As the war produces large numbers of detainees and captives in occupied territories, the question arises of whether there are sufficient spaces for them in existing carceral facilities.

Despite strict laws recently passed by President Putin, people in Russia are still risking their freedom and safety by speaking out against the war in ...

The invasion of Ukraine is being characterised in Russia as a "special military operation". "Russia is an aggressor country and Vladimir Putin is solely responsible for that aggression." Aside from the fact that she is a 44-year old TV journalist in Russia, not a lot is known about Marina Ovsyannikova.

Marina Ovsyannikova has been fined and released after carrying out a protest live on Russian TV.

Marina Ovsyannikova had run into the news studio of Kremlin-run Channel One and held up an anti-war sign behind newsreader Yekaterina Andreyeva while she was on ...

Now, as we renew our campaign and launch this petition in the wake of the unfolding Ukrainian crisis, we are calling on the government to go further and faster to ensure help is delivered. Before she interrupted the news bulletin on state TV, she had recorded a video in which she said: “I am ashamed that I allowed myself to tell lies from the television screen. She was also fined 30,000 roubles (£200) for interrupting the bulletin.

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Marina Ovsyannikova ran on to the set of the Channel One transmission shouting: 'Stop the war. No to war'

Reporting like this is vital to establish the facts, who is lying and who is telling the truth. And now the whole world has turned away from us and the next 10 generations won’t be able to clean themselves from the shame of this fratricidal war.”Wearing a necklace in the blue and yellow of the Ukrainian flag, Ovsyannikova said in her video statement that her father is Ukrainian and her mother is Russian.“What is happening in Ukraine is a crime and Russia is the aggressor,” she said. 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. They can’t imprison us all.”The protest was welcomed by Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy. In a video address on Monday night he said: “I’m thankful to those Russians who don’t stop trying to deliver the truth, who are fighting against disinformation and tell real facts to their friends and families, and personally to that woman who went in the studio of Channel One with an anti-war poster.”OVD-Info said that Ovsyannikova was arrested shortly after her protest and was being held at the Ostankino television centre. “The responsibility of this aggression lies on the shoulders of only one person: Vladimir Putin.”She urged fellow Russians to join anti-war protests in order to bring an end to the conflict. Greater numbers of people can keep track of the global events shaping our world, understand their impact on people and communities, and become inspired to take meaningful action. They’re lying to you here.” It was signed in English: “Russians against the war.”The news anchor continued to read from her teleprompter speaking louder in an attempt to drown out Ovsyannikova, but her protest could be seen and heard for several seconds before the channel switched to a recorded segment.Ovsyannikova also released a pre-recorded video via the OVD-Info human rights group in which she expressed her shame at working for Channel One and spreading “Kremlin propaganda.”“Regrettably, for a number of years, I worked on Channel One and worked on Kremlin propaganda, I am very ashamed of this right now. An internal check is being carried out.”A law enforcement source told TASS that Ovsyannikova could be charged under legislation banning public acts that aim to “discredit the use of Russia’s armed forces.”Her statement marks the first time that an employee from Russian state media has publicly denounced the war as the country continues its crackdown on anti-war dissent. Those found guilty under the law could face up to 15 years in jail.Ovsyannikova could also face legal consequences for encouraging “civil unrest” by telling Russians to protest.In a statement published by the state news agency TASS, Channel One said that “an incident took place with an extraneous woman in shot. Pavel Chikov, head of of the Agora human rights group, later said Ovsyannikova had been arrested and taken to a Moscow police station.More than 4,300 people arrested at anti-war protests across RussiaShe could face prison time under a newly introduced Russian legislation that criminalised spreading so-called “fake news” about the Russian military. An employee on Russia’s state Channel One television has interrupted the channel’s main news programme with an extraordinary protest against Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at Channel One, burst on to the set of the live broadcast of the nightly news on Monday evening, shouting: “Stop the war. “Only we have the power to stop all this madness.

Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor on the Russian TV channel Pervyi Kanal, held up a sign on a live broadcast that said: 'Stop the war! Don't believe propaganda ...

A Russian TV editor who ran onto the set of the state channel's news broadcast with sign reading 'Stop the war! Don't believe propaganda!

"Now the whole world turned away from us. Russia recently passed a law that criminalises the distribution of what the regime views as "fake news" about the Russian military, with those convicted facing up to 15 years in prison. Russia is a country-aggressor.

An employee on a Russian state television channel interrupted a main news programme to protest against Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine this…

“Only we have the power to stop all this madness. Wielding a sign and shouting “Stop the war. Wielding a sign and shouting “Stop the war. She urged fellow Russians to join anti-war protests in order to bring an end to the conflict. “The responsibility of this aggression lies on the shoulders of only one person: Vladimir Putin”. Her sign read: “Don’t believe the propaganda.

Marina Ovsyannikova ran on to a prime-time show, which is the main source of news for many millions of Russians.

A woman burst onto the set of Russian state TV's flagship evening news program Monday, chanting “stop the war” and denouncing government “propaganda” — a ...

The Facebook page identifies her as a Moscow resident with experience in “TV news broadcasts.” Channel One said it is “looking into the incident with an outsider appearing in the shot during a live broadcast,” according to state-run news agency Tass. “We just silently watched this anti-human regime,” she said, “and now the entire world turned their backs against us.” The protest was hailed around the world as a dangerous act of resistance, as Russia deepens its repression of government critics and falsely portrays its invasion as a limited operation meant to “denazify” a neighbor. Standing behind Andreeva, the protester held up a poster with a mix of English and Russian spelling a forbidden message: “No war. She ended with a call to action, alluding to the high price of dissent in Russia: “It is only in our power to stop this madness.

Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at Channel One, interrupted the network's programme to tell viewers: "Don't believe the propaganda."

“And personally to the woman who entered the studio of Channel One with a poster against the war.” Ashamed that I allowed the zombification of the Russian people.” To those who fight disinformation and tell the truth, real facts to their friends and loved ones,” Zelenskyy said. “Ashamed that I allowed lies to come from the TV screen. “Russia is an aggressor country and Vladimir Putin is solely responsible for that aggression.” The mother of two has reportedly been arrested and, under a new law, could potentially face up to 15 years in prison.

Marina Ovsyannikova was reportedly detained after protesting Russia's war in Ukraine during a news broadcast.

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'Stop the war! Don't believe propaganda! They're lying to you here!'

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