The images of Marina Ovsiannikova and his significance criticizing Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine went around the world. His lawyer fears that she is now found to be published for “false information” on the Russian army, a crime punishable by a maximum sentence of fifteen years in prison.
Le Monde
A court in Moscow inflicted on Tuesday, March 15, a fine in Marina Ovsiannikova, an employee of a Russian television channel that burst Monday during a pro-Kremlin television newspaper to denounce the offensive in Ukraine, without however imprison it.
convicted of committing an “administrative offense”, M me ovsiannikova will have to pay a fine of 30,000 rubles (about 250 euros at the current rate), according to a journalist of the France Agency -Presse at the hearing.
“My life has changed a lot, so it’s happy to have expressed what I thought. More importantly, there is now a new trend: other journalists follow my example,” said M me ovsiannikova at the end of the hearing.
In a brief statement to the press next, she said wanting first and foremost “rest” after this test “very difficult”.
“These are very difficult days in my life, I spent nearly two days without sleep, the interrogation lasted fourteen o’clock. I did not have the right to speak with my loved ones nor had access to legal assistance and that’s why I was in a very difficult position. Today, I have to rest. “
Macron ready to offer” protection “to the journalist
Marina Ovsiannikova has been illustrating live on Monday night at the most watched TV news from Russia, on the chain Pervy Kanal, with a sign criticizing the military operation of Moscow in Ukraine and denouncing the “propaganda” media controlled by power.
The images of this gesture went around the world, in a context of merciless repression of any critical voice in Russia. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, said to be ready to offer “a consular protection at M me ovsiannikova, or to the embassy, or by granting him asylum.
Although released on Tuesday, it still risks prosecution of criminal punishable with heavy prison sentences. Tuesday’s hearing was not directly devoted to Mr. Ovsiannikova’s action at the Pervy Kanal antenna, but a broadcast video parallel in which she denounces the entry of Russian troops in Ukraine. His lawyer told AFP to fear that it be judged for the publication of “false information” on the Russian army, a crime punishable by a maximum sentence of fifteen years in prison.