Marina Ovsyannikova, a Russian journalist who interrupted a live news broadcast on state television while holding an anti-war poster, was detained on Wednesday. She is being investigated for “discrediting” Putin’s military and “spreading false information” about Russian troops, her lawyer said. , reports AFP.

Maryna Ovsyannikova is accused of spreading “fake news” about the Russian military. If found guilty, she could face up to 10 years in prison, NEXTA reports.

The investigation will decide whether Maryna Ovsyannikova, the mother of two minor children, will be placed in a preventive measure or will remain free until the trial, Agerpres notes.

She has already been sentenced to pay some fines for “discrediting” the Russian army, in particular through messages criticizing Russian aggression against Ukraine posted on social networks.

But these fines did not deter her from recidivism, and now the journalist faces criminal liability with potentially much more severe consequences.

On Wednesday morning, the Russian authorities searched the apartment of journalist Maryna Ovsyannikova, NEXTA reports.

Ovsyannikova became famous around the world in March when she appeared with a poster on the set of the pro-Kremlin Russian channel Pervyi Kanal, where she worked, displaying a message against the Russian offensive in Ukraine and against the “propaganda” of pro-government forces. Russian mass media..

However, the 44-year-old journalist is not unanimously evaluated by the Russian opposition, some of its representatives reproach her for having worked for years on a state TV channel.

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