The court order, which will be in effect until October, will take place two days after the police searched his home
The Russian justice system deals another blow to Marina Ovsyannikova, the journalist who interrupted a live program to protest last March with a poster about the war in Ukraine; an act that Vladimir Putin’s government has banned in his country since the start of the invasion – what they call a “special military operation” – in the neighboring country. This time, a court ordered the reporter’s house arrest.
The court order, which will be in effect until October 9, is part of a case against Ovsyannikova for allegedly disclosing false information about the armed forces, according to official Russian news agencies. The verdict comes two days after the police searched his house. According to the OVD-Info portal, the police proceedings are being carried out in the context of a criminal case opened by the authorities against their client after she fined her three times, said the journalist’s lawyer, Dmitri Zajvatov, specifying that the case had been brought. by the dissemination of “false” information about the actions of the Russian army.
Justice on Tuesday imposed a new fine of 40,000 rubles (about 650 euros) on the reporter for criticizing the conflict on social networks. In particular, and according to her lawyer, she was convicted of “discrediting” the military. Putin’s laws can sentence her to 15 years in prison. “Everything has been very absurd,” criticizes the 44-year-old reporter.
This last penalty is added to the two previous economic sanctions imposed. The Meshchansky District Court, in the Russian capital, fined her 50,000 rubles (just under 800 euros) at the end of July after convicted of the offense of defamation of the armed forces. And months earlier another 30,000 rubles (about 255 euros) for “organizing a public event without permission”.
Ovsiannikova, who was working on Channel 1 at the start of the offensive, interrupted a live program with a banner on March 14 to protest the conflict, despite the Kremlin banning journalists from talking about “invasion” or even about war “. ‘Don’t go to war. End the war. Don’t believe the propaganda. Here they lie to you. Russians against the war,’ read his poster. She was briefly detained for this act, although the consequences for the journalist not over yet.
Source: La Verdad
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