A defiant Russian journalist held up a hand-written sign up court docket on Thursday to proceed her protests about Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Marina Ovsyannikova, who was fired from her job at Russian state tv earlier this 12 months for protesting in opposition to the battle, was positioned underneath home arrest within the Moscow court docket pending an investigation and potential trial on costs of spreading false details about Russia's armed forces.
She was charged over a avenue protest final month, when she held up a banner that mentioned, “Putin is a killer, his troopers are fascists. 352 kids have been killed (in Ukraine). What number of extra kids ought to die so that you can cease?”
If convicted, Ovsyannikova faces as much as 10 years in jail underneath a brand new regulation that penalizes statements in opposition to the navy. The regulation was enacted shortly after Russian troops moved into Ukraine.
Within the courtroom on Thursday, Ovsyannikova held up a poster saying “Let the useless kids hang-out you in your desires."
Marina Ovsyannikova first made worldwide headlines on March 14, when she staged an on-air protest in opposition to Moscow's battle in Ukraine.
“Marina grew to become a hostage of her personal conscience and a hostage of her love for her kids, you see," her lawyer, Dmitry Zakhvatov, mentioned after the listening to.
“She can't be overseas as a result of her kids are right here, and she or he can't keep silent right here as a result of she’s a prisoner of her conscience,” Zakhvatov mentioned. "As a mom, she will be able to’t keep silent. She sees what’s occurring and it’s making her communicate out.”
In March, Ovsyannikova appeared behind the anchor of a night Channel One information broadcast holding a poster that mentioned “Cease the battle, don’t imagine the propaganda, they're mendacity to you right here.” She stop her job on the channel, was charged with disparaging the Russian navy and fined 30,000 rubles (€270 on the time).
After quitting her job, Ovsyannikova grew to become considerably of an activist, staging antiwar pickets and talking out publicly in opposition to the battle.
She was fined two extra occasions in latest weeks for disparaging the navy in a vital Fb submit and with feedback she made at a court docket the place an opposition activist additionally accused of spreading false details about the navy was remanded into custody.
In response to Internet Freedoms, a authorized support group specializing in free speech circumstances, as of Wednesday there have been 79 felony circumstances on costs of spreading false details about the navy and as much as 4,000 administrative circumstances on costs of disparaging the armed forces.
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