Marina Ovsiannikova must pay around 800 euros if found guilty of defamation by Moscow’s armed forces
Opposing the war in Ukraine – even calling it a war – is a crime in Russia. The Moscow Justice Department wanted to set an example with a new fine imposed on Marina Ovsiannikova, the journalist who interrupted a live program last March with a poster protesting the invasion of the neighboring country. The Meshchansky District Court, in the Russian capital, has imposed a financial fine of 50,000 rubles (just under 800 euros) on the 44-year-old reporter after he convicted her of the crime of defamation of the armed forces; a violation that has been used since March to quell criticism of what the Kremlin calls a “special military operation.”
This penalty is added to the first fine of 30,000 rubles (about 255 euros) for “organizing a public event without permission”. Ovsiannikova, who worked on Channel 1 at the start of the offensive, interrupted a live program with a banner on March 14 to protest the invasion, despite Vladimir Putin’s government banning journalists from talking about “war”. ». For this she was detained for a short time.
Source: La Verdad
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