Russian reporter who staged TV protest lands new job at German newspaper

The courageous Moscow broadcaster who staged a stay on-set protest of Russia’s battle on Ukraine has a brand new job with German newspaper Die Welt, which ran her first front-page report Monday.

Marina Ovsyannikova, 43, “is now a contract correspondent for Die Welt, reporting from Ukraine and Russia, amongst different locations”, the newspaper mentioned in an announcement to Agence France-Presse.

The defiant journalist — who ran onto the set of Russia’s major state information broadcaster carrying indicators together with “NO WAR” — will write for the paper in addition to be a daily contributor to its TV channel, the corporate mentioned.

Die Welt’s editor-in-chief, Ulf Poschardt, praised Ovsyannikova’s “braveness at a decisive second,” saying she had “defended a very powerful journalistic virtues — regardless of the specter of state repression”.

The paper heralded its new hiring with a front-page photograph of Ovsyannikova alongside her first column.

Russian reporter Marina Ovsyannikova ran onto the set of Russia’s major state information broadcaster carrying indicators together with “NO WAR.”

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The paper famous how her protests in opposition to the battle modified her life, along with her column explaining “why she needed to take this step and what triggers the Kremlin’s propaganda within the inhabitants.”

In it, she detailed how she has been damned as a traitor in her homeland — whereas Ukrainians stay suspicious, calling her a Russian spy.

Ovsyannikova was an editor at Russia’s Channel One tv when she barged onto the set of its flagship Vremya (Time) night information in March holding a poster studying “No Conflict” in English.

Ukrainians stay suspicious of Marina Ovsyannikova with some calling her a spy.

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She was detained and questioned for 14 hours earlier than being launched and ordered to pay a $280 nice.

She may nonetheless face additional prosecution, risking years in jail below draconian new legal guidelines banning information reviews which defy the Kremlin’s pretense it's not at battle or concentrating on civilians.

Ovsyannikova mentioned Die Welt “stands for what's being defended so vehemently by the brave folks on the bottom in Ukraine proper now: for freedom.”

Marina Ovsyannikova was condemned as a traitor in Russia and was compelled to pay a nice and will nonetheless face future prosecution.

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A protester holds a placard depicting Russian Channel One editor Marina Ovsyannikova’s protest in opposition to battle on March 14, 2022.

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“I see it as my activity as a journalist to face up for this freedom,” she mentioned, based on AFP.