Ex-editor of Channel One Marina Ovsyannikova was sent under house arrest in the case of “fake news”

The Basmanny District Court of Moscow placed ex-editor of Channel One Marina Ovsyannikova under house arrest until October 9, accused of distributing “fakes” about the Russian army based on political hostility (clause “d”, part 2, article 207.3 of the Criminal Code). Her interests in court are represented by lawyer Dmitry Zakhvatov, who works with OVD-Info.

The case was opened because of Ovsyannikova’s single picket on Moscow’s Sofiyskaya embankment: on July 15, a woman stood up with a poster “Putin is a murderer. His soldiers are fascists. 352 children died. How many more children must die for you to stop?

On August 10, the journalist’s apartment was searched, after which she was detained and left overnight in a temporary detention facility.

came Previously, Ovsyannikov was fined twice under the administrative article on discrediting the Russian military (Article 20.3.3 of the Code of Administrative Offenses): - because of an anti-war speech at the Basmanny Court on the day of the election of a preventive measure for the politician, and - because of an anti-war post on Facebook.

July 28 to Ilya Yashin August 8 - Until mid-March, Ovsyannikova worked as an editor on Channel One - on March 14, she came out with a poster “Stop the war [...]” on the live evening news. The journalist also published a video in which she called for protest against the war. - Immediately after the live event, it took Ovsyannikov a long time to get in touch. Her trial the next day under the article on organizing an uncoordinated action (Part 2 of Article 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses) because of the video, and the protocol on discrediting the Russian Army because of the live action was subsequently sent to the police. detained , not given , fined , returned - At the end of July, a journalist noticed that she was being followed. told - Article 207.3 of the Criminal Code in March 2022 - in this way the authorities responded to anti-war speeches and statements, as well as the dissemination of information about the war that did not come from official Russian sources. The maximum penalty under this article is 15 years in prison. turned on