Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist who had displayed an anti-war placard in Ukraine, was released
She was released, few hours after his arrestthe Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikovawhich on March 14 raided live on television with a placard criticizing the Moscow offensive in Ukraine. “I am home. Everything is alright“Ovsiannikova wrote on Facebook,” now I know it is better to leave the house with my passport and a purse.
According to his lawyer, Dmitry Zakhvatovthe journalist was arrested on charges of “discrediting” L’army before a court of Fly, where she had gone last week to testify for a dissident, Ilia Iachine, jailed for criticizing Russian intervention in Ukraine. This offense, introduced later the start of the war, carries a heavy prison sentence. For the moment, the authorities have not announced the opening of a criminal investigation against the journalist.
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