The woman who held up an anti-war placard on state TV has been hailed as a hero on VKontakte, one of the few social media platforms still operating in Russia.
In a country where protest can land you in jail for more than a decade, Marina Ovsyannikova is being hailed as a"hero of Russia" for making an anti-war declaration on state television.
"Five seconds of truth can wash away the dirt of weeks of propaganda," wrote human rights activist and opposition politician Lev Schlosberg on VKontakte, one of the few social media platforms in Russia not yet restricted by the authorities.storming the set of a Channel 1 newscastOvsyannikova, who works for the network, managed in one fell swoop to voice anger at the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the state propaganda used to justify it.
"Those five seconds will offer moral remorse for all those who could speak the truth, but were too afraid to and justified their cowardice," said Schlosberg, adding that her actions would"save the honor of Russia before Ukraine."pointed out that she risked"grave consequences." Ovsyannikova was questioned for 14 hours after her protest and did not back down when urged to admit wrongdoing. She was charged with"organizing an unauthorized public event," which she denied, and was fined 30,000 rubles in a Moscow court on Tuesday., however, and the Russian Investigative Committee has opened a preliminary inquiry to see if she broke a new law against"fake news" reporting—which carries a maximum prison sentence of 15 years.
"The Putin regime itself admits that five seconds of truth in a years-long stream of lies on TV are fraught with grave consequences for it," wrote Navalny's group. In a separate post, it added:"Even in Putin's Reich one can remain human."
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