Court slaps fine on Russian woman after on-air TV protest against Ukraine invasion

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LONDON: A Russian woman who denounced the war in Ukraine during a live news bulletin on state television was fined 30,000 roubles (UD$280) on Tuesday (Mar 15), a court said, after

during a live news bulletin on state television was fined 30,000 roubles on Tuesday , a court said, after the Kremlin denounced her act of protest as"hooliganism".

Ovsyannikova exhorted Russians not to be taken in by state propaganda, a message that drew praise from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy but was swiftly rebuffed in Moscow. Her protest had stirred fears among her sympathisers that she could be prosecuted under new legislation that carries a jail term of up to 15 years.

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