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Marina Ovsyannikova

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Marina Ovsyannikova (Russian: Марина Овсянникова; née Tkachuk (Ткачук))[1] is a Russian TV producer who was employed on the Channel One Russia TV channel.

Marina Ovsyannikova
Born19 June 1978 Edit this on Wikidata
Odesa Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
OccupationJournalist, editor Edit this on Wikidata
Employer

Early life and career

Ovsyannikova's mother is Russian and her father is Ukrainian.[2] Ovsyannikova graduated from the Kuban State University and later from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. She worked for the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. In 2002, she gave an interview to the Yuga.ru news site.[1] According to IMDb she was also responsible for stunts and special effects in the movie Assassins Run (aka White Swan and Silent Assassins - Lautlose Killer (2013) by Robert Crombie and Sofya Skya as well as in Ilmar Raag's drama Ya ne vernus (aka I Won't Come Back) (2014).[3][better source needed]

Anti-war protests

 
Seconds before the video shot was switched to report.

On 14 March 2022, during a live broadcast related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in the evening news program Vremya she appeared behind the news anchor, Ekaterina Andreeva, carrying a poster stating in a mix of Russian with English:

No War
Остановите войну, не верьте пропаганде, здесь вам врут.
[Stop the war, don't believe the propaganda, here you are being lied to.]
Russians against war

The broadcast was stopped.[4][5][6] The recording of the news program was not available for download, which is uncommon for this TV channel.[4][7][8]

Pre-recorded message

She also posted a pre-recorded video on Telegram saying she was "ashamed of working for Kremlin propaganda":[5][6][9][10][11][12][13]

"What is happening in Ukraine is a crime. Russia is an aggressor country and the responsibility for this aggression rests on the conscience of only one person. That person is Vladimir Putin. My father is Ukrainian, my mother is Russian, and they've never been enemies. This necklace I'm wearing is a symbol of that fact that Russia must immediately end this fratricidal war. And our fraternal peoples will still be able to make peace. Unfortunately, I've spent the last few years working for Channel One, making Kremlin propaganda, and I'm very ashamed of this. Ashamed that I allowed lies to be broadcast from TV screens. Ashamed that I allowed others to zombify Russian people. We were silent in 2014 when all this started. We didn't protest when the Kremlin poisoned Navalny. We just silently watched this inhuman regime at work. And now the whole world has turned its back on us. And the next 10 generations won’t wash away the stain of this fratricidal war. We Russians are thinking and intelligent people. It's in our power alone to stop all this madness. Go protest. Don't be afraid of anything. They can't lock us all away."[10]

Reactions

Ovsyannikova was detained by the Russian police in accordance to the new law and censorship about what the Russian state claims is a special military operation in Ukraine. [14]

On 15 March, president Zelenskyy of Ukraine thanked her during one of his broadcasts.[15] After the incident, the clip was all over social media, including Facebook and Twitter, and eventually made it through world major news network like CNN and BBC.

Aftermath

Ovsyannikova was arrested and taken to Moscow's Ostankino Police station.[6] Her lawyer has not been able to contact or even locate her for more than 12 hours. As of next day, her whereabouts were still unknown.[16] A post was made from her Twitter account, some time before noon on 15 March; the post said that she did not regret anything, but she needs the public's support, and that she is in house arrest.[17]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Журналистка и выпускница КубГУ вышла с пацифистским плакатом во время прямого эфира новостей на Первом канале". Юга.ру (in Russian). Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. ^ https://www.vg.no/nyheter/utenriks/i/g6Gpqq/kuppet-russisk-tv-sending-med-antikrig-budskap. Verdens Gang
  3. ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5683172/bio
  4. ^ a b Sauer, Pjotr (14 March 2022). "'They're lying to you': Russian TV employee interrupts news broadcast". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 2022-03-15. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b Ilyushina, Mary; Knowles, Hannah (March 15, 2022). "Employee bursts onto live Russian state TV to denounce war: 'They are lying to you here'". The Washington Post. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
  6. ^ a b c Troianovski, Anton (March 14, 2022). "A protester storms a live broadcast on Russia's most-watched news show, yelling, 'Stop the war!'". The New York Times. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  7. ^ "Редактор Первого канала Марина Овсянникова ворвалась в прямой эфир Первого канала с плакатом «Остановите войну, вам здесь врут»". The Insider (in Russian). 14 March 2022.
  8. ^ "Russian state TV editor interrupts live news broadcast with anti-war message". Meduza. 14 March 2022.
  9. ^ Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 14 March 2022 ("I'm ashamed I allowed lies to be spoken from the TV screen. Now ten generations of our descendants won't wash off the disgrace of this fratricidal war. We're Russian people, thinking, intelligent. It's only in our power to stop this insanity,")
  10. ^ a b "Ukraine: As It's Happening". The Moscow Times. 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
  11. ^ "Woman disrupts Russian TV newscast to protest Ukraine invasion, urges viewers 'Don't believe the propaganda!'". Fox_News. 14 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Russian Woman Interrupts Live State News Broadcast To Send Message to Putin". Newsweek. 14 March 2022.
  13. ^ "Anti-war protester in studio disrupts live Russian state TV news". Reuters. 14 March 2022.
  14. ^ Russia outlaws spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian military with fines and prison Poynter. Accessed 15 March 2022
  15. ^ Zelenskyj med beskjed til russiske soldater: − Jeg vet at du vil leve (tr."Zelensky with a message to Russian soldiers: - I know you want to live ") Verdens Gang. Accessed 15 March 2022
  16. ^ Bowman, Verity (March 15, 2022). "Missing for 12 hours: the Russian TV presenter Marina Ovsyannikova who said no to war". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  17. ^ https://www.nrk.no/urix/_-eg-angrar-ikkje_-seier-redaktor-som-braut-inn-i-direktesending-pa-statleg-russisk-tv-1.15892710. NRK.no. Retrieved 15 March 2022. "Eg angrar ikkje, men treng støtta dykkar, skriv ho på Twitter tysdag formiddag."

Guardian News' footage of the recording and the protest on set

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