Marina Ovsyannikova has been charged with spreading false information about the Russian army after she interrupted a live broadcast to denounce the military action in Ukraine
A Russian former state TV journalist who in March interrupted a live television broadcast to denounce the military action in Ukraine, has been charged with spreading false information about the Russian army, an offence punishable by up to 10 years in prison.
The charges relate to a protest last month, when Marina Ovsyannikova held up a poster that read “Putin is a murderer, his soldiers are fascists” on the Moskva river embankment opposite the Kremlin. Three “blood-soaked” toy dolls were laid on the ground in front of her.
