Marina Ovsyannikova
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Marina Ovsyannikova (Russian: Марина Овсянникова; née Tkachuk)[1] is a Russian TV producer who was employed on the Channel One Russia TV channel.
Early life and career
Her parents are Russian and Ukrainian. Ovsyannikova graduated from the Kuban State University and later from the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration. She worked for the All-Russia State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company. In 2002, she gave an interview to the Yuga.ru news site.[1]
Anti-war protest
On 14 March 2022, during an evening news broadcast related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine she appeared behind the news anchor, Ekaterina Andreeva, carrying a poster saying "(In English) No war. (In Russian) Stop the war. Don't believe the propaganda. Here they are lying to you. (In English) Russians against war". The broadcast was stopped, and Ovsyannikova was detained by the police. The recording was not available for download, which is uncommon for this TV channel.[2][3][4] She also posted a pre-recorded video on Telegram saying she was "ashamed of working for Kremlin propaganda."[5][6][7]
“What is happening in Ukraine is a crime. Russia is an aggressor country and the responsibility for this aggression rests on the conscience of only one person. That person is Vladimir Putin. My father is Ukrainian, my mother is Russian, and they’ve never been enemies. This necklace I’m wearing is a symbol of that fact that Russia must immediately end this fratricidal war. And our fraternal peoples will still be able to make peace. Unfortunately, I’ve spent the last few years working for Channel One, making Kremlin propaganda, and I’m very ashamed of this. Ashamed that I allowed lies to be broadcast from TV screens. Ashamed that I allowed others to zombify Russian people. We were silent in 2014 when all this started. We didn’t protest when the Kremlin poisoned Navalny. We just silently watched this inhuman regime at work. And now the whole world has turned its back on us. And the next 10 generations won’t wash away the stain of this fratricidal war. We Russians are thinking and intelligent people. It’s in our power alone to stop all this madness. Go protest. Don’t be afraid of anything. They can’t lock us all away.”[7]
References
- ^ a b "Журналистка и выпускница КубГУ вышла с пацифистским плакатом во время прямого эфира новостей на Первом канале". Юга.ру (in Russian). Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ Sauer, Pjotr (14 March 2022). "'They're lying to you': Russian TV employee interrupts news broadcast". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ "Редактор Первого канала Марина Овсянникова ворвалась в прямой эфир Первого канала с плакатом «Остановите войну, вам здесь врут»". The Insider (in Russian). 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Russian state TV editor interrupts live news broadcast with anti-war message". Meduza. 14 March 2022.
- ^ Ilyushina, Mary; Knowles, Hannah (14 March 2022). "Protester bursts onto live Russian state TV to decry war and 'propaganda'". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 14 March 2022 ("I'm ashamed I allowed lies to be spoken from the TV screen. Now ten generations of our descendants won't wash off the disgrace of this fratricidal war. We're Russian people, thinking, intelligent. It's only in our power to stop this insanity,")
- ^ a b Times, The Moscow (2022-03-14). "Ukraine: As It's Happening". The Moscow Times. Retrieved 2022-03-14.
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