Russian Interior Ministry Lists Journalist Ovsyannikova as Wanted Fugitive
The Russian Interior Ministry has listed as "wanted" Marina Ovsyannikova, a former TV journalist who made headlines in March staging an on-air protest
MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 03rd October, 2022) The Russian Interior Ministry has listed as "wanted" Marina Ovsyannikova, a former tv journalist who made headlines in March staging an on-air protest.
The ministry said that the former editor at public broadcaster Channel One was "wanted on criminal charges.
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She was charged in August with spreading disinformation about the Russian armed forces and placed under house arrest. The charges carry a prison sentence of up to 10 years.
Ovsyannikova appeared live on Russian television holding a pacifist poster shortly after Russia launched a military operation in Ukraine. She was promptly fired from Channel One and briefly hired by German newspaper Welt. She then staged a one-person picket on the embankment overlooking the Kremlin in July.