Moscow's Ostankino court has fined Russia's First Channel journalist Marina Ovsyannikova 30,000 rubles for appearing on an anti-war poster during Vremya on March 14. Ovsyannikova, one of the editors of the Russian First Channel news program Vremya, appeared live with sign captions - “No to war, stop the war, do not trust propaganda, you are being deceived here”. The video went viral on social networks very soon.
Ovsyannikova was found guilty of ‘organizing an unauthorized public event’. During the comments, reporters said that her interrogation lasted 14 hours and he was not allowed to contact relatives, she also thanked everyone for support.
Recall that the European Commission responded to her disappearance, tweeting “We applaud the continued courage of the brave Russians who dare to express their opposition to this war led by Putin. The most recent example is the Russian TV journalist who dared to object Kremlin's lies LIVE on air, on a state-controlled TV channel.”
According to Russian media, the journalist of the Russian "First Channel" was fined not for the anti-war poster, but for the video, which she shared on social networks where she blames Putin for the war.
