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Russia: New fine for journalist who interrupted news to counter Ukraine offensive

Her lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov told AFP that the journalist’s sentence was based on a post she posted on Facebook. | Font: AFP

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Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikovanotorious for interrupting a Russian state television newspaper with a poster against the offensive in Ukraine, was sentenced on Monday to pay a new fine for exposing the conflict.

Sentenced by the administrative court Moscow for “discrediting” the Russian army, Ovsyannikova must pay a fine of 40 000 rubles (about 650 euros at the current exchange rate), he said in his Telegram account.

His lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatovtold AFP that the journalist was sentenced based on a post she posted on Facebook.

At the end of July, she was already sentenced to pay a fine for the same reason. Two sentences less than six months apart pave the way for a criminal case with potentially far more serious legal implications.

Ovsyannikova rose to prominence in mid-March after appearing on the news of the pro-Kremlin network, where she worked with a banner condemning the offensive in Ukraine and

Ovsyannikova rose to prominence in mid-March after appearing on the news of a pro-Kremlin network, where she worked with a banner denouncing the offensive in Ukraine and “propaganda” by government-controlled media. | Font: AFP

Ovsyannikovawho continues to openly criticize the offensive in Ukraine Despite legal threats, he shared the ironic text of his defense, which he read to the judge on Monday.

“I admit that they (…) USA and Europe of those who made it to Russia there is no freedom of speech, independent judges and free elections. Or that people are imprisoned for calling for peace,” he said.

Ovsyannikova rose to fame in mid-March after appearing on the network’s news release. pro-Kremlin in which he worked with a banner condemning the offensive in Ukraine and the “propaganda” of the government-controlled media.

While many admire his courage, there are those among the Russian opposition who chide him for his past work for the pro-government network. First channel.

After several months of work abroad, in particular in a German newspaper die weltin early July, he announced that he had returned to Russia to resolve a legal dispute related to custody of your children.

(AFP)

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