War in Ukraine: protest on Russian TV: journalist now works for “Welt”.

War in Ukraine: protest on Russian TV: journalist now works for “Welt”.

An action on Russian TV made the journalist world famous: during a news broadcast she protested against the Russian war in Ukraine. Now she works for a German medium.

She became world famous with a protest poster on Russian television against the war in Ukraine. In the future, the journalist Marina Ovsjannikova will work as a freelance correspondent for the media brand “Welt”, as the media group Axel Springer announced on Monday.

The 43-year-old will report from Ukraine and Russia, among other places, and write for the newspaper “Welt” as well as being regularly connected to the TV station of the same name.

In March, the editor of Channel One of Russia’s state television held a protest poster against Russia’s attack on Ukraine for the camera on the main news. The poster read: “Stop the war. Don’t believe the propaganda. Here you will be lied to». The action triggered a wave of recognition worldwide. The Kremlin in Moscow condemned the action. The journalist was fined.

Working for the «Welt» from Russia

The editor-in-chief of the Welt Group and spokesman for the management of WeltN24, Ulf Poschardt, assumes that the security situation in Russia has improved for the journalist because she now works for a German medium, “because we give her more visibility gets,” he said at the request of the German Press Agency. The 43-year-old works from Russia for “Welt”.

When asked whether the engagement of the Russian journalist as a house also wanted to send a political signal to Putin, Poschardt replied: “We do journalism, not politics. Good, brave, incorruptible journalism is a threat to every autocrat and dictator. It is also a threat to those who narrow the corridors of opinion in open societies like ours.”

First opinion published

The journalist has already published an opinion piece that could be read on Monday on the “Welt” online site. Under the heading “The Russians are afraid”, she writes about the consequences of her TV appearance.

While the mother of two is celebrated internationally by many as a heroine, she is also exposed to hostilities in her home country. In addition, Russia’s judiciary has already imposed a first fine, and a second is imminent. Ovzyannikova is accused of, among other things, “public actions to discredit the deployment of the armed forces of the Russian Federation”.

Source: Stern

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