Russian journalist Marina Ovsiannikova, under house arrest for denouncing a Russian attack in Ukraine, has fled Russia with her daughter, her lawyer told AFP on Monday (October 17th).
“Ovsiannikova left Russia with her daughter hours after leaving the apartment where she was under house arrest“Dmitry Zakhvatov said, noting that the mother and daughter are in Europe, a statement that comes two weeks after Russian authorities served a search warrant on him, alleging that he was on the run.
“Spreading false information”.
charges were filed in Augustspreading false informationAbout the Russian army, a crime punishable by 10 years in prison, the Moscow court put him under house arrest and banned him from using any means of communication. In mid-March, a few days after the outbreak of the attack in Ukraine, Marina Ovsiannikova interrupted the evening news of the major Russian channel Pervy Kanal, where she had worked as a journalist for nearly 20 years.
He waved a sign live on air calling for an end to the fighting and for the Russians to “don’t believe the hype“. He was briefly arrested and fined for this gesture. He then left the country to work for the German media outlet Die Welt.
In July, she returned to Russia in an attempt to retain custody of her two minor children, whom her ex-husband, who was still in Russia, was trying to take away from her. Despite the risks, he continued to criticize Moscow’s government and offensive operations before being arrested again and charged with “spreading false informationon the army.
Source: Le Figaro
