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A gesture of defiance to Vladimir Putin’s regime. Russian journalist Marina Ovsiannikova, under house arrest for denouncing the Russian offensive in Ukraine, fled Russia with her daughter, her lawyer, Dmitri Zakhvatov, announced to franceinfo on Monday October 17.
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The 44-year-old journalist was under house arrest pending trial for broadcasting “fake news” on the Russian army, a crime punishable by ten years in prison. Beginning of October, Marina Ovsiannikova fled. She has since been on the wanted list in Russia. “I spoke with her today”assures his lawyer on Monday. “She had no choice. She would have been sent to prison if she had stayed.”
In March, Marina Ovsiannikova appeared live on the set of the country’s most watched JT brandishing a sign denouncing the invasion of Ukrainian territory. She is also being prosecuted for having demonstrated in front of the Kremlin on July 15, accusing Vladimir Putin of being a “assassin” and denouncing the death of “more than 350 children in Ukraine”.
Since then, Marina Ovsiannikova has not received “no support from her ex-husband, and he even sued her” after his flight, continues Dmitri Zakhvatov, who adds that his client is “upset”.