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On the morning of 15 March, a post was made from a Twitter account using her name saying that she did not regret anything and that she was under [[house arrest]]; furthermore, the post said "I need your endorsement though. [[StopTheWar|#StopTheWar]]"; the [[Twitter]] account had been deleted by noon.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nrk.no/urix/_-eg-angrar-ikkje_-seier-redaktor-som-braut-inn-i-direktesending-pa-statleg-russisk-tv-1.15892710 |work=[[NRK]] |access-date=15 March 2022 |title=Redaktør braut inn i direktesending på statleg russisk TV |trans-title=Editor broke into live broadcast on Russian state television }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Rachael |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/russian-journalist-marina-ovsyannikova-why-was-the-russian-journalist-arrest-and-what-was-the-russian-news-protest-3611591 |title=Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova: Why was the Russian journalist arrest and what was the Russian news protest? |work=[[The Scotsman]] |date=15 March 2022 |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref>
On the morning of 15 March, a post was made from a Twitter account using her name saying that she did not regret anything and that she was under [[house arrest]]; furthermore, the post said "I need your endorsement though. [[StopTheWar|#StopTheWar]]"; the [[Twitter]] account had been deleted by noon.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nrk.no/urix/_-eg-angrar-ikkje_-seier-redaktor-som-braut-inn-i-direktesending-pa-statleg-russisk-tv-1.15892710 |work=[[NRK]] |access-date=15 March 2022 |title=Redaktør braut inn i direktesending på statleg russisk TV |trans-title=Editor broke into live broadcast on Russian state television }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Davies |first=Rachael |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/world/russian-journalist-marina-ovsyannikova-why-was-the-russian-journalist-arrest-and-what-was-the-russian-news-protest-3611591 |title=Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova: Why was the Russian journalist arrest and what was the Russian news protest? |work=[[The Scotsman]] |date=15 March 2022 |access-date=15 March 2022}}</ref>


Later on 15 March, [[Kevin Rothrock]]'s Twitter account posted a picture showing Ovsyannikova in court with a lawyer.<ref>https://direkte.vg.no/nyhetsdognet/news/meduza-russisk-journalist-avbildet-i-retten.4ey2MGGga?utm_source=vgfront&utm_content=direktewidget&utm_medium=direktewidget_nyhetsdognet. [[Verdens Gang]]. Retrieved 15 March 2022</ref>
Later on 15 March, the Twitter account of [[Kevin Rothrock]], an editor at [[Meduza]],<ref>https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/kevin-rothrock</ref> posted a picture showing Ovsyannikova in court with a lawyer.<ref>https://direkte.vg.no/nyhetsdognet/news/meduza-russisk-journalist-avbildet-i-retten.4ey2MGGga?utm_source=vgfront&utm_content=direktewidget&utm_medium=direktewidget_nyhetsdognet. [[Verdens Gang]]. Retrieved 15 March 2022</ref>


On 15 March she appeared in court charged with organising an unauthorised public event. She could be punished with a fine, community service or up to 10 days in jail.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-15 |title=Marina Ovsyannikova: Russian journalist in court after TV protest |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60749279 |access-date=2022-03-15}}</ref>
On 15 March she appeared in court charged with organising an unauthorised public event. She could be punished with a fine, community service or up to 10 days in jail.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-03-15 |title=Marina Ovsyannikova: Russian journalist in court after TV protest |work=BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-60749279 |access-date=2022-03-15}}</ref>

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Marina Ovsyannikova
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Employer

Marina Ovsyannikova (Russian: Марина Овсянникова; née Tkachuk (Ткачук))[1] is a Russian TV producer who was employed on the Channel One Russia TV channel, Russia's second most viewed channel.[2] In 2022, she interrupted a state-controlled Russian TV news broadcast to protest against the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which made international news headlines.

Early life and career

Ovsyannikova's mother is Russian and her father is Ukrainian.[3] 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]

Anti-war protests

Shortly after this part, broadcasting switched to a pre-recorded feature on a medical topic[2]

On 14 March 2022, during a live broadcast related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the evening news programme Vremya, which had millions of viewers, she appeared behind the news anchor, Ekaterina Andreeva, carrying a poster stating in a mix of Russian and English:[4][5]

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

After a few seconds, the broadcast cut away to a recorded segment.[6][4][5] The recording of the news program was not available for download, which is uncommon for this TV channel.[6][7][8] The protest was unusual as the state-operated programme does not deviate from the Kremlin line and viewers have previously not been told by editors that the Ukrainian invasion is a war; officially, the conflict is called a "special military operation".[2]

Pre-recorded message

Ovsyannikova also posted a pre-recorded video on Telegram saying she was "ashamed of working for Kremlin propaganda":[4][5][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 reconcile. Unfortunately, I've spent the last few years working for Channel One, doing 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][13][nb 1]

Ovsyannikova is the first Russian journalist to protest on air, though 20 journalists for RT had previously resigned in protest to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.[14]

Reactions

A man, on the night of 15 March 2022, in front of the Ostankino television center. He is waiting for the detained Marina Ovsyannikova to express his words of support and give her a bouquet of flowers.

Ovsyannikova was detained by the Russian police in accordance with the new law and censorship about what the Russian state claims is a special military operation in Ukraine.[15] Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov condemned the protest as hooliganism.[16]

After the incident, the clip was widely posted on social media, including Facebook, Telegram and Twitter, and attracted substantial global media coverage.

On 15 March, president Zelenskyy of Ukraine thanked her during one of his broadcasts.[17] U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders praised Ovsyannikova, saying she displayed incredible courage.[18]

Aftermath

Ovsyannikova was arrested and taken to Moscow's Ostankino Police station.[5] Her lawyer has not been able to contact or even locate her for more than 12 hours. The morning after the broadcast, her whereabouts were still unknown.[16] It is reported Ovsyannikova may face up to 15 years in prison under Russia's disinformation laws about the Ukrainian invasion.[14]

On the morning of 15 March, a post was made from a Twitter account using her name saying that she did not regret anything and that she was under house arrest; furthermore, the post said "I need your endorsement though. #StopTheWar"; the Twitter account had been deleted by noon.[19][20]

Later on 15 March, the Twitter account of Kevin Rothrock, an editor at Meduza,[21] posted a picture showing Ovsyannikova in court with a lawyer.[22]

On 15 March she appeared in court charged with organising an unauthorised public event. She could be punished with a fine, community service or up to 10 days in jail.[23]

Personal life

Ovsyannikova lives in New Moscow [ru; he; uk] with her two children.[13][24][25] She is married to a television director for RT, but the couple are reported by one source as being "recently separated".[25][26]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Ovsyannikova refers to her parents as well as to her necklace in the colors of the Russian and Ukrainian flags to symbolize that Ukrainians and Russians are not enemies and to urge Russia to stop the fratricidal war.

References

  1. ^ a b Зырянов, Никита (14 March 2022). "Журналистка и выпускница КубГУ вышла с пацифистским плакатом во время прямого эфира новостей на Первом канале" [A journalist and graduate of KubSU came out with a pacifist poster during a live news broadcast on Channel One]. Yuga.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  2. ^ a b c "Ukraine war: Protester exposes cracks in Kremlin's war message". BBC News. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  3. ^ Kuppet russisk TV-sending med antikrig-budskap (tr. "Russian TV broadcast Couped with anti-war message") 15 March 2022 Verdens Gang accessed 15 March 2022
  4. ^ a b c Ilyushina, Mary; Knowles, Hannah (15 March 2022). "Employee bursts onto live Russian state TV to denounce war: 'They are lying to you here'". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  5. ^ a b c d Troianovski, Anton (14 March 2022). "A protester storms a live broadcast on Russia's most-watched news show, yelling, 'Stop the war!'". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  6. ^ 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 15 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Редактор Первого канала Марина Овсянникова ворвалась в прямой эфир Первого канала с плакатом «Остановите войну, вам здесь врут»" [The editor of Channel One, Marina Ovsyannikova, broke into the live broadcast with a poster “Stop the war, they are lying to you here"]. 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. 14 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022. {{cite web}}: |archive-date= requires |archive-url= (help)CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  11. ^ "Russian Woman Interrupts Live State News Broadcast To Send Message to Putin". Newsweek. 14 March 2022.
  12. ^ "Anti-war protester in studio disrupts live Russian state TV news". Reuters. 14 March 2022.
  13. ^ a b c Марина Овсянникова, сотрудница "Первого канала", в эфире программы "Время" появилась с антивоенным плакатом [Marina Ovsyannikova, an employee of Channel One, appeared on the air of the Vremya program with an anti-war poster]. В мире (In the world). newsru.co.il (in Russian). новости Израиля (Israel News). 15 March 2022 [2022-03-14]. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022. То, что сейчас происходит на Украине - это преступление. И Россия - страна-агрессор. И ответственность за это преступление лежит только на совести одного человека. И этот человек - Владимир Путин. Мой отец - украинец, моя мать - русская. И они никогда не были врагами. И это ожерелье на моей шее […] - символ того, что Россия должна немедленно остановить братоубийственную войну и наши братские народы еще смогут примириться. К сожалению, последние годы я работала на Первом канале, занимаясь кремлевской пропагандой, и мне сейчас очень стыдно за это. Стыдно за то, что позволяла говорить ложь с экрана телевизора. Стыдно за то, что позволяла зомбировать русских людей. Мы промолчали в 2014 году, когда все это только начиналось. Мы не вышли на митинги, когда Кремль отравил Навального. Мы просто безмолвно наблюдали за этим античеловеческим режимом. И сейчас от нас отвернулся весь мир. И еще десять поколений наших потомков не отмоются от позора этой братоубийственной войны. Мы, русские люди - думающие и умные. Только в наших силах остановить это безумие. Выходите на митинги, ничего не бойтесь, они не могут пересажать нас всех. [What is happening in Ukraine now is a crime. And Russia is an aggressor country. And the responsibility for this crime lies only on the conscience of one person. And that person is Vladimir Putin. My father is Ukrainian, my mother is Russian. And they were never enemies. And this necklace on my neck […] is a symbol of the fact that Russia must immediately stop the fratricidal war and our fraternal peoples will still be able to reconcile. Unfortunately, in recent years I have been working on Channel One, doing Kremlin propaganda, and I am now very ashamed of it. It's a shame for letting me tell lies from the TV screen. I'm ashamed that I allowed to zombify Russian people. We kept silent in 2014, when all this was just beginning. We didn't go out to rallies when the Kremlin poisoned Navalny. We just silently watched this anti-human regime. And now the whole world has turned its back on us. And ten more generations of our descendants will not be washed away from the shame of this fratricidal war. We, Russian people, are thinking and smart. It's up to us to stop this madness. Come out to rallies, don't be afraid of anything, they can't jail us all.]
  14. ^ a b Rose, David (15 March 2022). "Marina Ovsyannikova: Fears for Russian journalist who denounced lies live on TV". The Times. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  15. ^ Russia outlaws spreading ‘fake news’ about the Russian military with fines and prison Poynter. Accessed 15 March 2022
  16. ^ a b Bowman, Verity (15 March 2022). "Missing for 12 hours: the Russian TV presenter Marina Ovsyannikova who said no to war". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  17. ^ Breivig, Espen Moe; Lyngstad, Håkon Kvam (15 March 2022). "Zelenskyj advarer Norge og Europa: − Vi er alle russiske mål". Verdens Gang. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  18. ^ Patterson, Charmaine (15 March 2022). "Russian TV Channel Editor Marina Ovsyannikova Interrupts Live Broadcast with Sign Reading 'No War'". People (magazine). Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  19. ^ "Redaktør braut inn i direktesending på statleg russisk TV" [Editor broke into live broadcast on Russian state television]. NRK. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  20. ^ Davies, Rachael (15 March 2022). "Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova: Why was the Russian journalist arrest and what was the Russian news protest?". The Scotsman. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  21. ^ https://www.wilsoncenter.org/person/kevin-rothrock
  22. ^ https://direkte.vg.no/nyhetsdognet/news/meduza-russisk-journalist-avbildet-i-retten.4ey2MGGga?utm_source=vgfront&utm_content=direktewidget&utm_medium=direktewidget_nyhetsdognet. Verdens Gang. Retrieved 15 March 2022
  23. ^ "Marina Ovsyannikova: Russian journalist in court after TV protest". BBC. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  24. ^ "Адвокаты не могут найти редактора программы «Время», которая ворвалась в эфир с антивоенным плакатом" [Lawyers cannot find the editor of the Vremya program, who broke into the broadcast with an anti-war poster]. news.israelinfo.co.il (in Russian). 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  25. ^ a b ""Don't be jealous!" Social networks assessed the act of Marina Ovsyannikova differently". Novye Izvestia. 15 March 2022. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
  26. ^ Соснина, Мария; Гандрабура, Юрий (14 March 2022). "Муж женщины, выбежавшей с плакатом во время эфира на Первом канале, работает на Russia Today" [The husband of the woman who ran out with a poster during the broadcast on Channel One works for Russia Today]. 93.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 15 March 2022.
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