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Ex-journalist fined again for discrediting Russian army over Ukraine

Former Russian TV journalist Marina Ovsyannikova was fined 50,000 roubles ($820) on Thursday after being found guilty of discrediting the country's armed forces in social media posts condemning Russia's actions in Ukraine.

Reuters

Journalist who protested war live on Russian state TV detained

Marina Ovsyannikova says she was approached by police while walking her dog

The Independent UK

Zelensky Sacks 2 Top Ukraine Officials as EU Mulls Russia Sanctions

Ukraine faced new turmoil Sunday with President Volodymyr Zelensky announcing he sacked his top two law enforcement officials, in the government's most serious shakeup since Russia launched its deadly invasion in February. The domestic crisis came as the European Union prepared to discuss tightening sanctions against Russia on Monday, and…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Marina Ovsyannikova: Russian journalist who staged TV walkout briefly arrested on dog walk

A Russian TV journalist who interrupted a broadcast to protest the war in Ukraine has been arrested and released by police.

Evening Standard

Russian independent broadcaster TV Rain relaunches from abroad

Russian independent TV station Dozhd (TV Rain) resumed broadcasting on Monday evening from abroad after being forced to shut its Moscow studio due to the Ukraine war. The European Union and Azerbaijan signed a memorandum of understanding Monday to double gas imports from the energy-rich Caspian nation to Europe, which…

France 24

Russian shelling leaves six dead in eastern Ukraine, reports say – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Russian TV worker who protested war live on air briefly detained

Russian media worker Marina Ovsyannikova, who staged a protest against the invasion of Ukraine on live state television in March, was briefly detained in Moscow on Sunday, posts on her social media channels showed.

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Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 145 of the invasion

Russia’s Gazprom tells customers it cannot guarantee European supplies; Zelenskiy appoints new spy chief after removing top officials

The Guardian - UK

'Today is not my day': how Russia's journalists, writers and artists are turning silence into speech

“It is impossible to stop a speeding train by throwing oneself onto the tracks,” wrote Russian poet Dmitry Kuzmin back in March. He was commenting on Olga Gordienko, a young teacher who, before she was arrested, stood for several minutes on a Moscow street with a sign that read:

The Conversation

Russia's 'most hated woman' says protesting war in live TV stunt 'destroyed her life'

Marina Ovsyannikova held up a “stop this war” sign during a live broadcast just three weeks into Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has seen her called a "traitor" by Kremlin officials

Daily Mirror

Russia's Remaining Independent Journalists Suffer for Their Work

Journalists often do their best work in places that offer the least welcoming environment.

Reason

How swearing became a weapon of resistance for Ukrainians

Their enthusiastic use of bad language contrasts with Putin’s linguistic prissiness – and shows that Russia doesn’t own Russian

The Guardian - UK

Marina Ovsyannikova: German newspaper hires Russian journalist who protested on live TV broadcast

A Russian journalist who stormed a live state tv broadcast with a ‘No War’ protest has joined a German newspaper.

Evening Standard

Russian journalist who protested war on live TV hired by German media group Welt

Germany’s Welt media outlet has hired Marina Ovsyannikova, the journalist who interrupted Russia’s most-watched television news show with an anti-war protest last month in a rare public criticism of President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.

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Daily Mirror

Head of banned TV network says most Russians believe Putin's lies about Ukraine

Natalia Sindeeva, who set up independent Dozhd TV - which was shut down following the invasion - said she was pessimistic that the majority of the public could be reached with the truth about Putin's invasion

Wales Online

Russian state TV channel accuses UK of pinning war crimes on Vladimir Putin's army

Channel One Russia wrongly quoted Prime Minister Boris Johnson

France 24

Debunking 'Ukraine's Marina Ovsyannikova'

A video with more than 1 million views on TikTok shows a woman allegedly interrupting the live broadcast of a Ukrainian news channel to denounce President Zelensky. The video, reminiscent of Marina Ovsyannikova's protest on Russian state TV, was digitally edited. It comes from a pro-Russian TikTok account that creates…

Daily Mirror

High profile allies including actors, sports stars and politicians that have abandoned Putin

Some high-profile Russians have turned their backs on President Vladimir Putin after he invaded Ukraine, while thousands of ordinary citizens have also fled the country

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France 24

Russian journalists quit over Putin 'propaganda'

While the Russian military seems to be failing to capture key cities, President Vladimir Putin is intensifying his two-decade crackdown on information. The Kremlin has shut down Russia's last three independent media outlets, barred major social media platforms, created new laws against journalists who defy its propaganda and insisted on…

The Independent UK

Russian state TV anchor appears to blame Ukrainians for devastation in Mariupol

Moscow’s deputy ambassador to UN also claims it is ‘logical’ that chaos in Mariupol caused by Ukraine

The Conversation

Putin's control over Ukraine war news is not total - it's challenged by online news and risk-taking journalists

The Russian media is a powerful propaganda machine. Russian media outlets have been closely controlled by the government over the past several decades, and since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, many journalists and editors have been turned into mere mouthpieces for the government line.

The Independent UK

Ex-journalist for Russian state TV says she quit over war

A former Paris-based Europe correspondent for Russian state-controlled broadcaster Channel One says she resigned this month due to Russia’s war against Ukraine and has voiced fears she’ll be accused of being “a highly paid spy.”

Daily Mirror

Russian woman who held anti-war banner on state TV accused of being Brit spy

Marina Ovsyannikova, 43, famously stood up to Vladimir Putin's regime by holding up an anti-war banner on state TV but she has now been accused of being a British spy

Salon

Who will stand up to Tucker Carlson?

Marina Ovsyannikova stood up against Putin's war propaganda. Won't someone do the same to Putin's No. 1 fan?

The Guardian - US

Marina Ovsyannikova, Russian TV protester, decries Putin propaganda

‘I could see security dragging people away,’ says editor fined for walking into shot with sign saying ‘No War’

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