It had exploded live during the JT of the Russian channel Pervi Kanal to send a message: “No to war, don’t believe the propaganda here. Everyone lies “. It was March 14, 2022, the war in Ukraine had just begun.
By denouncing the invasion of Russia and especially the state propaganda to make the Russian people believe that military intervention in Ukraine is justified, Marina Ovsiannikova took a big risk.
Questioned by the AFP in early August, she expressed her determination to continue fighting and denounce the war: “I have decided to play Russian roulette. If they make up their minds, they’ll arrest me in a day. It will only take a second. “
She was arrested on Wednesday 10 August in Russia and her apartment was ransacked.
In custody pending trial
From her courageous gesture, which earned her a fine, she had gone to work in Germany Die Welt but she had to return to Russia last month over a family matter related to custody of her children and a dispute with her ex-husband.
“I didn’t think my ex-husband would stab me in the back and I certainly didn’t expect a trial that would affect my children.”she told France Info shortly before being arrested on Wednesday. “And then I realized that if I don’t come back, I won’t see my kids for several years. So I decided to go back to Russia. “
Marina Ovsiannikova was well aware of the risks involved setting foot in Moscow but wanted to continue his anti-war actions:
“When a person, being inside Russia, speaks out against the war, he is much stronger than when you are abroad. “
Prevent any criticism of the Kremlin
According to his lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov, it was accused and questionedshe also risks being remanded in pre-trial detention pending trial for “Spreading false information”.
Right at the start of the war, the Duma, the lower house of the Russian parliament, voted to amend articles 207.3 and 280.3 of the penal code, which now provides heavy penalties for anyone, media, NGOs or individuals, disseminating “false information about the armed action by Russia in Ukraine A measure which prevents any criticism of the Kremlinas well as any request for peace, and participates in state propaganda.
Marina Ovsiannikova faces ten years in prison.
Photo credit: Euronews (grabs)
Source: Madmoizelle
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