The reporter Marina Ofsianikovawhich became known for her protest against the war in Ukraine during a Russian TV newscast, was sentenced in absentia for another case to eight and a half years in prison for her criticism of the military, a Russian court announced today.
Ofsianikova, 45, she was found guilty for “spreading knowingly false information about the Russian Armed Forces,” according to a statement posted by the court on Telegram. The journalist had already been fined for similar actions in August 2022. According to the state news agency Ria Novosti, this time she was sentenced for her protest with a placard against the Russian attack on Ukraine, as reported by APE-MPE.
She came to prominence in mid-March 2022 when she appeared on a news bulletin in the studio of a pro-government television station, for which she worked. Ofsianikova appeared to holds a placard denouncing the attack on Ukraine and the “propaganda” of the government-controlled media. The images from this move, a few weeks after the start of the Russian attack, went around the world. Many applauded his courage in defying efforts to silence any critical voice in Russia.
In July 2022 he was arrested after she protested alone near the Kremlin, holding placards criticizing the military intervention in Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin. In October 2022, while under house arrest, she left Russia with her daughter. The journalist is currently in France, according to her Instagram account.
Source: News Beast
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