How many years in prison could the journalist who protested on Russian TV against the war in Ukraine be sentenced to?

Marina Ovsyannikova, a woman who burst into the middle of a pro-Kremlin Russian television news program with an anti-war banner in Ukrainecould be sentenced to up to 15 years in prison, her lawyer said Tuesday.

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“I estimate that my client, Marina Ovsyannikovais at risk of being prosecuted criminally and not administratively, under a new law that provides for up to 15 years in prison,” said Daniil Berman.

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“There is a good chance that the authorities will decide to set an example so that other critics will shut up”added the lawyer, explaining that he has not yet been able to meet with his client and She doesn’t know where exactly she is being held.

For now, the Russian authorities have not indicated what they are going to charge this woman with.

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Ovsyannikovaabout 40 years old, a native of Odessa, in Ukraineis a television employee Pervy Kanal, very close to the Russian power. On Monday night she burst into the middle of the news and stood behind the presenter with a banner that read: “No to war, don’t believe the propaganda. They are lying to you here.”

Russian authorities passed a law in early March that punishes publication of “slanderous information” about the Russian military with up to 15 years in prison.

Marina Ovsyannikovaa mother of two young children, could be included in this law, according to her lawyer.

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Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov called this act “hooliganism” on Tuesday.

In a video recorded before breaking into the news, Ovsyannikova He explained that his father is Ukrainian and his mother Russian and that he cannot stand the spread of “lies” that turn Russians into “zombies”.

His Facebook account has since received tens of thousands of messages of support.

A spokesman for the head of European Union diplomacy, Josep Borrell, praised the woman’s gesture on Tuesday.

“He took a courageous moral stand and dared to oppose the Kremlin’s lies and propaganda live and on state-controlled television,” said Peter Stano.

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Source: Elcomercio

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