Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova stated Sunday that she is "very anxious" for the security of her youngsters following her anti-war protest throughout a Russian newscast final week.
Final Monday, she held up an indication urging Russian residents to not imagine the federal government's propaganda concerning the ongoing struggle with Ukraine. Her protest drew worldwide consideration and reward, because the Russian authorities is cracking down on dissent.
Throughout an interview with ABC Information, she acknowledged that she worries "for the security of my youngsters" after she declined asylum from the French authorities. French President Emanuel Macron provided her asylum, pledging to "launch diplomatic efforts aiming to supply [her] safety," based on French media outlet France 24.
Nevertheless, she defined her determination to show his supply down, whereas noting that she was "very grateful."
"I've publicly refused to take political asylum in France as a result of I'm a patriot," she stated. "I do not need to immigrate and lose one other 10 years of my life to assimilate in another nation."
She additionally defined why she determined to publicly converse up in opposition to "Putin's struggle," saying many Russian residents are in opposition to the invasion and that many individuals she is aware of couldn't imagine "that this grotesque struggle might happen."
"This protest was a spontaneous determination for me to exit reside on air. However the dissatisfaction with the present scenario for a few years, as a result of the propaganda on our state channels was turning into increasingly distorted," she stated.
The journalist additionally known as for "each one who has a civil place who desires to make that civil place recognized [to] converse up."
After her protest, Ovsyannikova, who additionally recorded a video on social media denouncing the struggle, spent 14 hours being questioned by Russian authorities and was fined 30,000 rubles, which is about $290.
In whole, she might withstand a 15-year jail sentence after the Russian parliament just lately handed laws banning media from "discrediting" the Russian army. The legislation additionally bans media from utilizing the phrases "invasion" or "assault" to explain the struggle. She was charged with "organizing an unauthorized public occasion," however pleaded not responsible throughout a court docket look.
Unbiased media teams and different protesters have nonetheless spoken out in opposition to the struggle, however face prosecution from the Russian authorities. Greater than 15,000 anti-war protesters have been detained because the invasion started in February, based on the unbiased monitoring group OVD-Information.
Authorities in Russia, in the meantime, have accused Western media of selling propaganda. Russian Overseas Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova stated throughout a press briefing final week that "the Western media are forming a completely distorted image of present occasions."
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