US EditionFormer Russian state TV journalist gets 8 1/2-year sentence in absentia for Ukraine war criticism
- Marina Ovsyannikova, a former Russian state television employee, has been sentenced to eight and a half years in jail in absentia for protesting against the war in Ukraine. She held up an anti-war poster during a live news broadcast, calling for the war to stop and criticizing the propaganda. Ovsyannikova has fled the country along with her daughter.
- The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is calling for the dismissal of the head of the Belarus Red Cross after he claimed involvement in bringing Ukrainian children from Russian-occupied areas to Belarus. An internal IFRC investigation found that the Belarus Red Cross only assisted within Belarus, and it will suspend the organization if the head is not suspended.
- Russia claimed to have destroyed over 30 Ukrainian drones and prevented a Ukrainian attempt to penetrate Crimea by sea. No details on casualties or damage were provided, and there was no immediate comment from the government in Kyiv.
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Russia | Prison sentence in absentia for a journalist opposed to the assault in Ukraine
Russian journalist Marina Ovsiannikova, famous for protesting against the Ukrainian offensive on state television, was sentenced in another case to eight and a half years in prison in absentia for criticizing the army, a court said on Wednesday.
Former Russian journalist sentenced in absentia for Ukraine war criticism
Court in Moscow sentences ex-state TV journalist to 8.5-yr prison term for protesting Russia's war in Ukraine. Kremlin has used laws to target opposition, rights activists, independent media. Thousands fined, hundreds charged, critics jailed, rights groups shut down, journalists left country.
Russian journalist who protested against the war on live TV sentenced
Marina Ovsyannikova staged a protest on live state-run TV (Picture: AFP/GETTY) A Russian journalist who staged an on-air protest against the war in Ukraine has been sentenced to eight and a half years in prison in absentia. Marina Ovsyannikova captured the world’s attention when she stormed into a TV studio during a live broadcast with a placard that read ‘Stop the war’ and ‘Do not believe propaganda’ just days after the start of the full-scale …
Former Russian state TV journalist gets 8 1/2-year sentence in absentia for Ukraine war criticism
A Moscow court on Wednesday sentenced a former state TV journalist 8 1/2 years in prison in absentia for protesting Russia's war in Ukraine, the latest in a crackdown on dissent that has intensified since the invasion began nearly 20 months ago. Marina Ovsyannikova was charged with spreading false information about the Russian army, a criminal offense under a law adopted shortly after President Vladimir Putin sent troops to Ukraine. She staged a…
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