An employee of Channel One in Russia broke into the live broadcast, calling for an end to the war in Ukraine

Channel One employee Marina Ovsyannikova burst into the frame live on the Vremya program with an anti-war poster. She was detained, and until the morning it was not known where she was and what she was facing, reports with the BBC.

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There is no official information about Ovsyannikov's arrest yet. The TASS state agency, citing a source in law enforcement agencies, writes that the Investigative Committee of Russia (TFR) has begun a pre-investigation check.

In relation to Ovsyannikova, a pre-investigation check is being carried out to determine if there are corpus delicti in her actions under Art. 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (public dissemination of deliberately false information about the use of the Russian armed forces).
This is a new criminal article, urgently adopted after February 24, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. For “public dissemination” of information about military actions “using one’s official position,” a fine of up to $43 or imprisonment for up to 000 years is provided.

There has been no contact with her since last night.

Where is Marina Ovsyannikova

A hearing has begun in the Ostankino District Court against the girl who ran out with a protest poster behind the TV presenter on Channel One.

The court considers the administrative protocol under Part 2 of Art. 20.2 of the Code of Administrative Offenses (organization of an unapproved public event). Under this article, she faces up to 10 days of arrest.

Until now, the whereabouts of journalism remained unknown, lawyer Anri Tsiskarishvili reported this to the “We Can Explain” telegram channel. The lawyers had thought the day before that she was at the Ostankino police station or at the police station on the territory of the television complex itself, but the lawyers were unable to find her there. Thus, she has been in an unknown place for more than half a day; Ovsyannikova has two children, as stated by the telegram channel.

Lawyer Anastasia Kostanova is sent to the main investigation department of the ICR to find out where Ovsyannikova is and who is conducting the pre-investigation check. Ovsyannikova's phone, according to the lawyer, has not been answered all this time.

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“My colleagues and I spent the whole night looking for the journalist detained in the Channel One building, but neither at the police station in the television center itself, nor at the Ostankino police station, the lawyers were able to get confirmation that she was there,” Kostanova said. “This means that they are hiding her from her lawyers, they are trying to deprive her of legal assistance and, apparently, they are trying to prepare the most severe charges.”

They did not initiate an administrative case against Ovsyannikova - the police immediately transferred the case to the Investigative Committee. In March, several hundred protocols were drawn up under administrative articles against people who opposed the war. They face a criminal case if they are brought to administrative responsibility again.

Later it became known that Marina Ovsyannikova was fined 30 thousand rubles. She was not arrested because of her two children (one of them is under 14 years old). At night, the journalist of Channel One was interrogated for 4 hours. They plan to initiate a criminal case against her and impute a new article 207.3 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation

“In any case, the investigation in such cases will need to prove three circumstances: the disseminated information about the use of the army was unreliable; the person who disseminated this information knew that it was false; the person disseminated false information under the guise of reliable information,” human rights activist Pavel Chikov commented on the situation.

“That is, in this case, the audience should have perceived the appearance of the poster on air as part of a news program,” he wrote in his Telegram channel.

Chikov recalled that the Supreme Court of Russia in 2005 confirmed the need to distinguish between facts that can be verified and opinions that cannot be verified, and therefore they cannot be qualified as false or reliable.

"Don't believe propaganda"

Ovsyannikova appeared in the frame live on the evening program “Vremya”. She stood behind presenter Ekaterina Andreeva with a poster calling to “stop the war” and “not believe propaganda.” The director did not immediately switch to another story, and the TV presenter calmly continued to read the text from the prompter.

Later it became known that Ovsyannikova recorded an appeal before going on air with an anti-war poster. In it, she called what is now happening in Ukraine a “crime” and Russia an “aggressor country.” She placed responsibility for what was happening on the Russian President.

In addition, she said that in recent years she worked on Channel One and that she was “ashamed of it” because she “allowed lies to be told from the TV screen.”

Channel One said it was conducting an internal investigation. “On the live broadcast of the Vremya program, an incident actually occurred with an outsider in the frame; an internal investigation is underway,” the channel’s press service said in a statement.

Andreeva later posted a video in which she apparently comments on what happened and her behavior during the broadcast: “No matter what happens, stand like a rock.”

Reaction abroad and in the Kremlin

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky thanked Ovsyannikov: “I am grateful to those Russians who do not stop trying to convey the truth. To those who fight misinformation and tell the truth, real facts to their friends, their loved ones and family. And personally to the girl who entered the Channel One studio with a poster against the war.”

Since Ovsyannikova's identity became known, she has received a huge number of comments of gratitude on her Facebook page in Ukrainian, Russian and English. The representative of the European Commission expressed admiration for the courage of Russians protesting despite all prohibitions, including the actions of journalist Ovsyannikova.

The Kremlin representative, in turn, called the actions of the Channel One employee hooliganism, without specifying whether in a legal sense or otherwise.

“As far as this girl is concerned, this is hooliganism. The TV channel and who is supposed to deal with this,” Peskov told reporters. “There are certain departments and bodies that deal with this. Moreover, live broadcasting of any TV channel is a special dimension and a special responsibility, especially for those who work there. Here the word for everyone is hardly appropriate,” he added. He called the news from Channel One “high-quality, timely, very prompt and objective information.”

“It is beneficial for the authorities that everyone forgets about Ovsyannikova’s act as soon as possible,” says political scientist Abbas Gallyamov. In his opinion, the criminal case and trial guarantee her “long-term presence at the top of the news agenda,” and this is “not at all what the Kremlin needs.”

The general director of Channel One, Konstantin Erst, has not yet commented on the situation. On Tuesday, his name appeared on a list of more than 350 people against whom Britain has imposed sanctions.

After February 24, the websites of many media outlets were blocked in Russia, the Ekho Moskvy radio was liquidated by decision of the owner, and the Dozhd TV channel (recognized as a media outlet performing the functions of a foreign agent) suspended its work.
On the morning of March 15, it became known that NTV presenter Liliya Gildeeva, who had worked on the channel since 2006, left Russia and wrote a letter of resignation from abroad. “At first I left, I was afraid that they wouldn’t just let me go, then I wrote a statement,” she said.

In the afternoon it became known that NTV correspondent Vadim Glusker was resigning, and journalist Zhanna Agalakova resigned from Channel One.

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There is an opinion that the action of the editor Marina Ovsyannikova during the live broadcast of the Vremya news on Channel One was a production, reports Medialeaks.

Conspiracy theorists believe that the editors knew about the act and conceived it to divert attention from "real problems."
After watching the footage with Channel One editor Marina Ovsyannikova, who appeared on Vremya with a poster against the conflict in Ukraine, some viewers doubted the authenticity of the action. According to commentators, there are several factors proving that the unexpected exit with a pacifist poster is a fake or an event conceived by the editors.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• On the night of February 24 began full-scale war of Russia against Ukraine.
• In the light of these events in Russia and around the world, protests against the invasion of Ukraine
• US and UK imposed broad economic sanctions against Russia due to the invasion of Ukraine.
• February 25 President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky urged Russian President Vladimir Putin to sit down at the negotiating table. Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Putin is ready to send a delegation to Minsk (Belarus) for negotiations with Kiev. He specified that the delegation will include representatives of the Ministry of Defense, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the presidential administration.
• In the USA there were large-scale rallies in support of Ukraine.
• Pope Francis visits the Russian Embassy February 25, to personally "express his concerns about the war" in Ukraine, which made an unprecedented deviation from diplomatic protocol.
• European Union, USA and UK imposed sanctions and froze the assets of Putin and Lavrov.
• The United States declared its readiness to start accept refugees from Ukraine.
• February 26, the world famous and one of the most popular groups of hackers Anonymous recorded a video message to Russian President Vladimir Putin. They promised to find all "skeletons in the closet" and "leave no stone unturned".
• As it became known, the Oscar-winning Hollywood actor Sean Penn is located in Ukraine and is making a documentary for Vice about events in the country.
• February 28 The world's largest aircraft An-225 was destroyed during the Russian invasion of Ukraine, it caused alarm and sadness among the aviation world, in which it occupies an almost cult status.
• On the same day, the United States and France called on their citizens immediately consider leaving Russia.
• From the very beginning of the invasion, many actions took place around the world in support of Ukraine. How it was in the USA, see our material.
• On March 1, the United States asked 12 Russian diplomats from the United Nations leave the US accusing them of "espionage activities" as Russia continues its advance into Ukraine.
• March 2 Russian businessman Alex Konanykhin offered a $1 million reward for dead or alive Putin.
• Airbus and Boeing refused to work with Russia, this endangers almost the entire civil aviation of the country.
• March 3 CEO and founder of the Russian TV channel "Rain" announced the suspension of the channel. This is due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
• Which of the Hollywood stars supported Ukraine, and who was on the side of Russia, read here.
• What Russians living in Ukraine say about the war, you can find out in our material.
• Which companies left Russia and how it hit the economy, read on link.
• Where citizens of Ukraine can receive special services in Poland - by link.
• The US State Department has warned citizens of Ukraine that the US Mission in Ukraine does not currently offer visa services. That's it services provided in Germany.
• Meanwhile, the killers tried to kill the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky at least three times since Russia invaded his country on February 24.
• In Russia, the situation with free media is becoming more and more difficult. Even relatives of Ukrainians from Russia do not believe in shelling of Ukraine.
• Russian diplomats announced persona non grata, left the US, and the Russian airlines stop international flights.
• Meanwhile at the International Court of Justice in The Hague began consideration of the claim of Ukraine to Russia. The subject of the lawsuit is allegations of genocide.
• Russia began active preparations for shutdown from the global internet.
• Thousands of Ukrainians are leaving the country. 11-year-old boy from Zaporozhye made it to the border with Slovakia and crossed it on foot.
• USA supports Ukraine: both government officials and ordinary Americans. 20 workers in West Coast ports refuse tohandle Russian cargo. President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky was awarded a medal Liberty Ronald Reagan. Tesla will continue to pay salaries to employees who decide to go to fight in Ukraine.
• In the meantime, the sanctions are taking effect: Russia is rapidly rising in price or disappearing from the sale of drugs and medical equipment manufactured by countries that have imposed sanctions on the Russian Federation because of the war in Ukraine. Down on the country iron curtain. The world is on the hunt on the assets of Russian oligarchs.
• Russia cannot establish a dialogue with the world - she threatens to leave from the Council of Europe and the OSCE.
• In order to further help Ukraine in its struggle against the aggressor, the Congress approved an emergency package of military and humanitarian assistance in the amount of $13,6 billion. Biden also wants take away trade privileges from Russia in relations with America.
• The United States also banned deliveries to Russia dollar bills and restricted access to cryptocurrencies, and world educational organizations will no longer recognize diplomas issued by Russian universities.
• Intelligence sources claim that Vladimir Putin suffering from a brain disorder caused by dementia, Parkinson's disease or "steroid rage".
• In the meantime, the war continues, the world is making predictions about the future developments. For example, the American philosopher, political scientist, political economist and writer Yoshihiro Francis Fukuyama spoke about what awaits Russia in the war against Ukraine. Mikhail Khodorkovsky spoke about the war, the chances for peace and the Stockholm syndrome of Russians.

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