the whereabouts of journalist Marina Ovsyannikovawho on Monday (14) invaded the set of a Russian TV station with a poster against the invasion of Ukraine, remains unknown, reported this Tuesday (15) the portal OvdInfolive, an NGO that defends detainees in the protests. in Russia.
According to the portal, the journalist can be accused of the crime of “falsehood” in relation to the actions of the Russian army, contemplated in the criminal code of the Russian Federation and states that, due to the reform approved by Parliament on the 4th, she can be sentenced. to up to 15 years in prison.
“As for this woman, this is an act of vandalism. The channel and its agencies are investigating this,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Marina Ovsyannikova, a journalist for the state TV channel Channel One Russia, invaded the live broadcast of the Vremya nightly news on Monday, shouting slogans and holding a sign against the war in Ukraine, before being arrested.
“No war. End the war. Don’t believe the propaganda. They are lying to you. Russians against war”, read the journalist’s poster. She shouted “stop the war” and “no war” several times in the middle of the broadcast.
The journalist said in a message on social media, before carrying out her protest action, that what was happening in Ukraine was “a real crime” and that Russia was “the aggressor”. “And the responsibility for this crime rests solely with the conscience of one person, and that person is Vladimir Putin,” she said.
More than 15,000 people have been arrested in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine began 20 days ago.
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