The Russian journalist Marina Ovsyanikovawhich in mid-March had invaded the television studio with anti-war placards during news bulletinbecomes correspondent in Ukraine and Russia for the big German newspaper die Welt, it was announced today by the newspaper.
The journalist will write for the newspaper and will contribute regularly to her television news bulletin.
“Marina Ovsyannikova had the courage, at a crucial moment, to bring viewers in Russia face to face with an unadorned picture of reality,” he explained. Ulf Posartdirector of the Welt group, in an announcement.
“It simply came to our notice then important journalistic virtues “and he did it despite the threat of state repression,” added the head of the conservative newspaper.
“Welt represents exactly what the courageous people in Ukraine are defending so vigorously: freedom. “As a journalist, I consider it my duty to defend this freedom,” Ovsyannikova, 43, said in a statement.
The Russian journalist appeared in mid-March during a live broadcast of a news bulletin on the Pervy Kanal with a placard criticizing Moscow’s military operation in Ukraine and denouncing it. the “propaganda” of power-controlled media.
Marina Ovsyanikova was arrested and detained for a short time and then sentenced to a fine and released. He has since left the channel and is facing criminal charges that carry heavy prison sentences, under a recent law punishing any “false information” about the Russian military.
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