‘Courageous woman’: Update on Russian journalist who took a stand against invasion on TV

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Sky News host Chris Kenny gives an update on Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist who took a stand against the Russian invasion of Ukraine on a live news broadcast.\n\nMs Ovsyannikova held a sign saying 'stop the war' and 'they are lying to you' and followed it up with public comments calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a fascist, and asking how many more children must die before the war stops.\n\n“Ovsyannikova was fined initially but then charged with spreading false information,' Mr Kenny said. \n\n'Luckily the 45-year-old escaped to Europe with her daughter and is now living in France.\n\n'A court case in Moscow though has now handed down her sentence – in absentia, she was sentenced to eight and half years in jail, so clearly she won't be going home any time soon.'\n

Sky News host Chris Kenny gives an update on Marina Ovsyannikova, the Russian journalist who took a stand against the Russian invasion of Ukraine on a live news broadcast.

Ms Ovsyannikova held a sign saying"stop the war" and"they are lying to you" and followed it up with public comments calling Russian President Vladimir Putin a fascist, and asking how many more children must die before the war stops."Luckily the 45-year-old escaped to Europe with her daughter and is now living in France.

"A court case in Moscow though has now handed down her sentence – in absentia, she was sentenced to eight and half years in jail, so clearly she won't be going home any time soon."

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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