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In the middle of a live Russian state television broadcast, a woman rushed behind the presenter and held up a placard that read ‘No War! Don’t believe the propaganda. Here you will be lied to” it said. The transfer was immediately aborted.
… on which she protested against the war and claimed that the viewers were being lied to.
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Maria Ovsiannikova had previously filmed a video message …
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An editor of the Russian state television used a live broadcast for a sensational political action.
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She stormed into the studio with a poster that read “Stop the war!” and «Here you are being lied to».
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Maria Ovsiannikova was immediately arrested. You now face a long prison sentence.
With a protest poster and loud shouts, an opponent of the war on Russian state television caused the main evening news program to be interrupted. During the live broadcast on Monday at 9 p.m. Moscow time (7 p.m. CET), the woman suddenly jumped into the picture behind news anchor Ekaterina Andreyeva, holding a sign that read “Stop the war. Don’t believe the propaganda. Here you will be lied to» high. She shouted out loud several times: “No to war, no to war, no to war!” The transmission then broke off and pictures from a hospital were shown.
The video excerpt immediately spread on social networks. Above all, Russian oppositionists praised the woman for her courage. “What courage really means,” wrote pianist Igor Levit on Twitter. In Russia, the media is forbidden from calling the Russian invasion of Ukraine a “war” or an “invasion”. Instead, there is official talk of a “military special operation”.
“Putin’s war is a crime”
According to media reports, the woman is Maria Ovasannikova, herself an employee of state television. In a video, she had previously announced her protest action on social networks. She is said to have given as a reason that her father was Ukrainian and that the war against the neighboring country was a “crime” for which Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin was responsible.
She is said to have been arrested. In a statement, the first Russian television channel only spoke of an “incident” during the “Vremya” program and announced an internal audit.
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(DPA/trx)