A woman burst onto Russia’s main live evening newscast today with a sign that says:
“Stop the war
Don’t believe propaganda
They’re lying to you”
And chanting: “Stop the war! No to war!”
“Stop the war
Don’t believe propaganda
They’re lying to you”
And chanting: “Stop the war! No to war!”
(Does anyone know who this woman is?)
The anti-war protester who crashed the news broadcast is Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at Channel One, says @pchikov, whose legal defense foundation is going to defend her against charges of “discrediting the Russian armed forces.” She’s already at the police station. 
Ovsyannikova also appears to have recorded a video beforehand in which she blames Putin for the war and apologizes for her work on Russian state TV news.
"What's happening in Ukraine is a crime, and Russia is the aggressor. The responsibility for this aggression lies with one man: Vladimir Putin. My father is Ukrainian, my mother is Russian, and they were never enemies. This necklace [shows] Russia must stop this fratricidal war."
"Unfortunately, for the last few years I've been working for Channel One. I've been doing Kremlin propaganda and I'm very ashamed of it – that I let people lie from TV screens and allowed the Russian people to be zombified."
"We didn't say anything in 2014 when it only just began. We didn't protest when the Kremlin poisoned Navalny. We just silently watched this inhuman regime. Now the whole world has turned away from us, and ten generations of our descendants won't wash off this fratricidal war."
video originally posted by @OvdInfo, which says it learned of all this from Ovsyannikova's friends
To give you an idea of how sweeping the wartime censorship laws are in Russia: Novaya Gazeta, Nobel laureate Dmitry Muratov’s paper, published a picture of Ovsyannikova’s protest that looks like this
As of now, nobody seems to know where Marina Ovsyannikova is.
Lawyers can’t find her at the TV tower or the police station.
Lawyers can’t find her at the TV tower or the police station.
Marina Ovsyannikova, detained for an anti-war protest during last night's evening state TV newscast, is facing a "pre-investigation review" from @sledcom_rf, per Russian wires.
This is the major crimes unit – could indicate she won't get off with a fine.
This is the major crimes unit – could indicate she won't get off with a fine.
Baza, which has strong ties to law enforcement, says Marina Ovsyannikova is going to be charged with “publicly spreading knowingly false information about the Russian armed forces” – with a potential sentence of up to 15 years in prison.
t.me/bazabazon/10632
t.me/bazabazon/10632
Dmitry Peskov, Putin's spokesman, calls Ovsyannikova's protest "hooliganism" (which is also a crime – Pussy Riot were jailed under this statute) and says law enforcement and Channel One will sort it out.
Good quick profile of Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian state TV protester, by @faridaily_. Her friends never heard her talk about politics before and are shocked.
“Mostly about children, dogs and the house.”
faridaily.substack.com/p/she-never-ta…
“Mostly about children, dogs and the house.”
faridaily.substack.com/p/she-never-ta…
@faridaily_ After going dark for nearly 24 hours, Marina Ovsyannikova has surfaced in court, where she's facing a misdemeanor charge for her protest on Channel One.
Crucially, it's not under the new "fake news" law – so the most she can get is 10 days in jail.
t.me/novaya_pishet/…
Crucially, it's not under the new "fake news" law – so the most she can get is 10 days in jail.
t.me/novaya_pishet/…
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
