Marina Ovsyannikova, the journalist who protested against Russian military action in Ukraine during a live news broadcast, speaks to the media as she leaves the Ostankinsky District Court on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Marina Ovsyannikova, the journalist who protested against Russian military action in Ukraine during a live news broadcast, speaks to the media as she leaves the Ostankinsky District Court on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Ukraine war

Ukraine war: Russia TV protester Marina Ovsyannikova quits channel, but turns down France’s asylum offer

  • The journalist could face years in prison for barging onto the set of a live news broadcast holding a ‘No War’ poster
  • Ovsyannikova says she is ‘a patriot’ and will stay in Russia, and that she hopes her son will understand her actions when he is older

Marina Ovsyannikova, the journalist who protested against Russian military action in Ukraine during a live news broadcast, speaks to the media as she leaves the Ostankinsky District Court on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
Marina Ovsyannikova, the journalist who protested against Russian military action in Ukraine during a live news broadcast, speaks to the media as she leaves the Ostankinsky District Court on Tuesday. Photo: AFP
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