Russian journalist Marina Ovsyanikovawho became famous for her anti-war protest at a Russian TV studio, has been placed under house arrest by a court order and faces several years in prison.

The Moscow court granted the investigators’ request for house arrest until October 9, according to the corresponding report.

Ovsyannikova has been accused of “slandering” the Russian military during her protest outside the Kremlin in mid-July, when she held up a banner about the deaths of children in Ukraine and called Putin a “murderer.” “How many more kids have to die before you stop?” she wrote in her message.

Under a new article of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, Ovsyannikova faces up to 10 prison terms for spreading “false information” and “slander,” which came into force after the start of the invasion of Ukraine, which Moscow calls a “special military operation.” years in prison.

Today in court, a Russian journalist held a sign that read: “Let the children who died (in the war in Ukraine) haunt your dreams.”

The 44-year-old journalist was detained yesterday, on Wednesday, at her home.

Since the end of July, Ovsyannikova has been fined twice for “slandering” the Russian military in social media posts critical of her.

Marina Ovsyannikova became internationally famous in mid-March when she appeared on the evening news of the Russian TV channel she worked for with a poster condemning the attack on Ukraine and the “propaganda” of the Kremlin-controlled media.

Her anti-war protest went around the world and drew praise for her courage as she defied efforts to silence any critical voice in Russia.