EDITOR OF A RUSSIAN TV STATION WHO PROTESTED WAR ON THE AIR ESCAPES HOUSE ARREST

Thu 06 October 2022:

On Wednesday, former Russian TV editor Marina Ovsyannikova claimed to have escaped from house arrest.

Marina worked for Russian state television’s Channel One and became famous for denouncing the war in Ukraine during a newscast.

“I consider myself completely innocent, and since our state refuses to comply with its own laws, I refuse to comply with the measure of restraint imposed on me as of 30 September 2022 and release myself from it,” Ovsyannikova wrote on the Telegram messenger app without giving her whereabouts.

The 44-year-old’s house arrest for her public criticism of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine had been scheduled to last through next Sunday, part of a criminal case against Ovsyannikova for the alleged spreading of false information about the Russian armed forces.

She faces five to 10 years in prison, according to recent Russia media reports.

Ovsyannikova worked for Russian state television’s Channel One and had been considered loyal to the Kremlin until she held an anti-war banner up to the camera in a news broadcast in March that read: “Stop the war – they’re lying to you.”

After that, she spent a number of months abroad working for the German newspaper Die Welt.

She ran into trouble once more in mid-July for opposing the war close to the Kremlin.

Under Russian law, Moscow’s war on Ukraine can only be referred to as a special military operation. Penalties for criticizing the Russian army’s actions were made tougher in March.

SOURCE: INDEPENDENT PRESS AND NEWS AGENCIES

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