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# Marina Ovsyannikova

Last month

October 2023

Russian journalist who protested on TV jailed for over eight years in absentia

Marina Ovsyannikova (45) fled the country last year after escaping house arrest with her then 11-year-old daughter.

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Oct 4th 2023, 2:04 PM

Last year

2022

Russian state TV employee fined for anti-war protest on live news show

Marina Ovsyannikova walked into the Channel One studio with a poster saying ‘no war’ and ‘Russians against the war’.

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Updated

Mar 15th 2022, 6:51 PM

Russian TV station employee interrupts news broadcast with anti-war protest

Marina Ovsyannikova managed to say a few phrases in Russian, including “Stop the war!”

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Mar 14th 2022, 9:30 PM