Sarah K. Burris
March 14, 2022
Yakov Kronrod went back to Russia to care for his mother months before the invasion of Ukraine, so he was on the ground watching as a Channel One editor took the bold move to stage a protest on live television.
Marina Ovsyannikova, the editor of Channel One, held up a sign saying that Russians were being lied to and not to believe the propaganda. She was detained and taken to the Ostankino police department. Russia's Vladimir Putin passed a law that any person who says something that conflicts with the government can be thrown in jail for 15 years.
According to Kronrod, even pro-Putin outlets have reported on the story, he said, delivering her message even farther to more people.
"It sends shock waves through all of Russian society. Yandex News had a story about it, and they rarely have anything that's against the main narrative," said Kronrod. "Her Facebook page was getting thousands of people commenting every minute. Literally, it exploded. Everyone was texting each other, calling each other saying, did you see? Did you see what happened? And many of the human rights activists that I'm talking to feel this may very well be the start of the wave to see someone like that Channel 1 has 250 million viewers, it's the number one watched station by most common Russians. For a lot of Russians, this was the first time they saw any dissenting voice."
See the interview below:
March 14, 2022
Yakov Kronrod went back to Russia to care for his mother months before the invasion of Ukraine, so he was on the ground watching as a Channel One editor took the bold move to stage a protest on live television.
Marina Ovsyannikova, the editor of Channel One, held up a sign saying that Russians were being lied to and not to believe the propaganda. She was detained and taken to the Ostankino police department. Russia's Vladimir Putin passed a law that any person who says something that conflicts with the government can be thrown in jail for 15 years.
According to Kronrod, even pro-Putin outlets have reported on the story, he said, delivering her message even farther to more people.
"It sends shock waves through all of Russian society. Yandex News had a story about it, and they rarely have anything that's against the main narrative," said Kronrod. "Her Facebook page was getting thousands of people commenting every minute. Literally, it exploded. Everyone was texting each other, calling each other saying, did you see? Did you see what happened? And many of the human rights activists that I'm talking to feel this may very well be the start of the wave to see someone like that Channel 1 has 250 million viewers, it's the number one watched station by most common Russians. For a lot of Russians, this was the first time they saw any dissenting voice."
See the interview below:
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'They're lying to you': Russian TV employee interrupts news broadcast with anti-war sign
The anchor can be seen trying to talk over Marina unsuccessfully before the broadcast cut away to a recorded segment.
Nyi Nyi Thet | March 15, 2022
A Russian state tv news programme was interrupted when an employee rushed into the shot holding an anti-war sign.
Here is the clip:
Her sign read: "Don’t believe the propaganda. They’re lying to you here".
And then in English: "Russians against the war".
Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at the station, also shouted "Stop the war. No to war." according to The Guardian.
The anchor can be seen trying to talk over Marina unsuccessfully before the broadcast cut away to a recorded segment.
Marina had also recorded a message before her broadcast protest.
In the video, she says her father is Ukrainian and that she was ashamed of how she had worked at the station for a "number of years" and how she had contributed to the "zombification of the Russian people".
According to Buzzfeed News' translation of the video, she ended her video with this:
"Now the whole world has turned away from us," she said, "and the next 10 generations of our descendants won't wash off the shame of this fratricidal war."
"We are Russian people who think, who are smart. It's only in our power to stop all this madness," she concluded. "Go to protests. Don't be afraid of anything. They can't imprison us all."
Ukrainian President Zelensky later thanked Marina for her actions.
According to The Guardian, Marina was arrested shortly after her protest.
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The anchor can be seen trying to talk over Marina unsuccessfully before the broadcast cut away to a recorded segment.
Nyi Nyi Thet | March 15, 2022
A Russian state tv news programme was interrupted when an employee rushed into the shot holding an anti-war sign.
Here is the clip:
Her sign read: "Don’t believe the propaganda. They’re lying to you here".
And then in English: "Russians against the war".
Marina Ovsyannikova, an editor at the station, also shouted "Stop the war. No to war." according to The Guardian.
The anchor can be seen trying to talk over Marina unsuccessfully before the broadcast cut away to a recorded segment.
Marina had also recorded a message before her broadcast protest.
In the video, she says her father is Ukrainian and that she was ashamed of how she had worked at the station for a "number of years" and how she had contributed to the "zombification of the Russian people".
According to Buzzfeed News' translation of the video, she ended her video with this:
"Now the whole world has turned away from us," she said, "and the next 10 generations of our descendants won't wash off the shame of this fratricidal war."
"We are Russian people who think, who are smart. It's only in our power to stop all this madness," she concluded. "Go to protests. Don't be afraid of anything. They can't imprison us all."
Ukrainian President Zelensky later thanked Marina for her actions.
According to The Guardian, Marina was arrested shortly after her protest.
Related article
Image from Twitter
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