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TV journalist who staged on-air protest faces possible jail sentence

Journalist Crashes Russian Live News Show With Anti-War Poster

Marina Ovsyannikova has been charged following this protest on live Russian state TV in March Source: AAP / Stella Pictures/ABACA/PA

Russian state-funded Channel One journalist Marina Ovsyannikova made international headlines on March 14, when she appeared behind the anchor of an evening news broadcast, holding a poster against Russia's so-called "military operation" in Ukraine.



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