Anti-War Protestor - Marina Ovsyannikova
The Russia journalist, Marina Ovsyannikova, has been charged once again by the Russian authorities for denouncing Russian military action in the Ukraine. The charges relate to a protest last month when she held up a poster on the Moskva river embankment opposite the Kremlin that read: "Putin his a murderer, his soldiers are Fascists." Three "blood-soaked" toy dolls were laid on the floor in front of her.
If convicted, Ovsyannikova, who was born in the Ukraine and worked for Russian state TV for 19 years, faces up to ten years in prison. Criticism of Putin's war in the Ukraine has been outlawed in Russia and made a criminal offence. The French President, Emmanuel Macron, has offered Marina Ovsyannikova asylum or other forms of consular protection.
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