(11 Aug 2022)
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Moscow - 11 August
1. Continuous shot of Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova being escorted to courtroom
2. Ovsyannikova behind glass trying to show poster reading (Russian) "Let the murdered children come to you in your nightmares", policemen obstructing view
STORYLINE:
Moscow's court was considering imposing pre-trial restraint on Thursday for Russian journalist Marina Ovsyannikova who was detained and charged Wednesday with spreading false information about the Russian Armed Forces.
Ovsyannikova was charged over a separate street protest last month, when she held up a banner that read "(Russian President Vladimir) Putin is a killer, his soldiers are fascists. 352 children have been killed (in Ukraine). How many more children should die for you to stop?"
If tried and convicted, Ovsyannikova faces up to 10 years in prison under a new law that penalizes statements against the military and that was enacted shortly after Russian troops moved into Ukraine, her lawyer, Dmitry Zakhvatov, said in a Telegram post.
Ovsyannikova's home was raided Wednesday, and she was taken for questioning.
Zakhvatov said the former producer for Russian state-funded Channel One would spend the night in a holding cell at Moscow police headquarters.
Speaking to journalists outside the investigators' office, the lawyer said Ovsyannikova was holding up well.
He said the new law, which allows people to be detained for picketing, showed that Russia's judicial system was in "complete default."
Ovsyannikova made international headlines on March 14, when she appeared behind the anchor of an evening news broadcast holding a poster that said, "Stop the war, don't believe the propaganda, they are lying to you here."
She was charged with disparaging the Russian military and fined 30,000 rubles ($270 at the time).
After quitting her job, Ovsyannikova became somewhat of an activist, staging anti-war pickets and speaking out publicly against the conflict.
She was fined two more times in recent weeks for disparaging the military in a critical Facebook post and in comments she made at the court where opposition figure Ilya Yashin was remanded into custody pending trial, also accused of spreading false information about the military.
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