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The one that became known through its live protest once morest the Russian military operation in Ukraine TV journalist Marina Ovzyannikova compared her return to Moscow to a game of Russian roulette. In an interview with the AFP news agency, the 44-year-old said she knew she might be arrested at any time: “I decided to play Russian roulette.” She was “a fighter” and was “not afraid despite the intimidation”. “You can find a law to punish any person,” said Ovzyannikova alluding to a somber aphorism from the days of Stalinist terror. “If they make that decision, they will arrest me within a day, it will only take a few seconds.”
